__/ [ Linuxiac <"at yahoo.com "> ] on Monday 02 April 2007 22:00 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> __/ [ Gordon ] on Monday 02 April 2007 18:37 \__
>>
>>> Kelsey Bjarnason wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, 02 Apr 2007 17:31:06 +0100, Gordon wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Doug Mentohl wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> 'I've been running the Linux distribution Ubuntu (free download from
>>>>>> http://www.ubuntu.com) alongside Windows XP for months. It installed
>>>>>> in about an hour
>>>>> An HOUR? Every time I've installed (K)Ubuntu and PCLinuxos it's been
>>>>> MUCH quicker than that - 25 to 30 minutes.....
>>>> Depends on a lot of things. CD image or DVD? What apps are installed?
>>>> Slow optical drive? Slow net connection, for things being installed
>>>> from
>>>> repos? Etc, etc, etc.
>>> CD. I didn't count the updates AFTER installation - they are not
>>> technically speaking, part of the initial installation....
>>
>> Some say it takes just 15 minutes.
>>
> The variations in Linux installs are due to many factors that start with
> the hardware. An install of PCLINUXOS on a PII 350Mhz system takes me
> 40 minutes.
>
> On my Dell Dimension 4100 (curbside donation) PIII 933mhz system, it
> took about 25 minutes.
>
> "updates" are synaptic downloads of new games, programs, not normally
> included on the CD. There are 5500 to choose from... Plenty for most
> needs.
And for a valid comparison, one ought to see how long it takes to install a
stripped-down Ubuntu with nothing but gedit and the equivalent of paint.exe
and solitare.exe. Ubuntu contains a lot more than an operating system that
most people install and use as the 'gold standard'.
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