Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 20:00:49 05/13/01
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On May 13, 2001 at 15:43:34, Gunnar Andersson wrote: >On May 12, 2001 at 10:04:48, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>The main objection to linux (in the past) was "it is hard to set up". This >>is no longer true. It is far easier to install than windows 2000 for example, >>if you use RedHat. Others may be as good but since I use redhat exclusively, >>I can only speak to that distribution. It is easy point and click to install, >>far unlike it was 5 years ago or more. > >I don't think point-and-click suffices for Red Hat; at the company I worked, we >lost some time when the sysadm installed RH7.0 and suddenly applications stopped >compiling or crashed in gas. 7.0 was no good. 6.2 worked perfectly as does (so far) 7.1... I have had raw beginners install it perfectly with no outside help... They generally call with other types of questions, just like the normal windows users. But installation for 7.1 is easier than for windows 2000 or windows ME. I had to reinstall ME on my notebook after it crashed and burned, and it was not easy, including about 10 reboots... > >My personal experience from RH5.2 (two years ago) is that it for me was very >easy to get to the point where it almost worked, but impossible to get it >functional - neither the modem nor the sound card could be accessed, in spite of >them being listed as compatible with the distribution. Of course my lack of >knowledge of Unix details is the key reason for the failure, but neither 10 >years of experience of __using__ Unix nor lots of suggestions from websites and >newsgroups helped me. > Again, try 7.1... a cold boot from the CD had sound working on my new Sony notebook, a machine on the market for a month prior to the install. Sound, X, everything works perfectly... right out of the box. >I think there are more people able to install Windows* than there are people >capable of installing Linux. > >/ Gunnar I'll take that bet with win2000 or winme, compared to RH7.1
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