In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Gordon
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wrote
on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:32:29 +0000
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> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> Four weeks with Ubuntu Linux on the desktop. Part 3: Oh my God--it's full of
>> stars!
>>
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>> | I've heard that installing software on Linux is very difficult. That may
>> | have been true once but it is a myth today. The truth is, installing
>> | software in Ubuntu is a far better and easier process that it has ever
>> | been in Windows.
>> `----
>
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> And takes about a QUARTER of the time for a FULLY functioning system,
> that you can immediately do productive work on.
> Example.
> Install Ubuntu from start to opening a Document - about 30 minutes.
> Windows XP - OS install 45 minutes
> AV install and update - 10 minutes
> Anti malware install and update - 10 minutes
> MS Office (2003 as an example) install - 20 minutes.
To be fair...how many people actually install XP or
antivirus on their systems? :-) (Presumably, OEMs bundle
'em.) So you're looking at a complete OS/desktop install
of 30 minutes, versus MS Office install of 20 minutes,
or MS Office + AV + antimalware of 40. (If you're lucky!)
This is one reason why Windows "wins"; people don't look
beyond the pretty icons and blinkenlights. Kind of
a pity, really, as it's not the most level of playing fields.
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