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Re: Why Linux is Easier to Use than Mac OS X or Windows

__/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Tuesday 28 March 2006 19:59 \__

> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Rick
> <trollfeed@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>  wrote
> on Sun, 26 Mar 2006 21:45:21 GMT
> <pan.2006.03.26.21.45.19.404311@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 14:33:35 -0500, flatfish+++ wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 18:56:31 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>> 
>>>> http://neosmart.net/blog/?p=119
>>>> 
>>>> In a nutshell:
>>>> 
>>>> * Easier to Get: It?s Free!
>>> 
>>> Buy a Mac and turn it on. Instant OSX.
>>
>> Buy a box with Linux installed. Instant Linux.
> 
> That's hardly instant, although it's quick enough.
> 
> [1] Buy Mac box.
> [2] Plug in, turn on.
> [3] Use.
> 
> versus
> 
> [1] Buy Windows box.
> [2] Plug in, turn on.
> [3] Use (although you'll want to configure it properly to keep out the
> malware! ;-) )
> 
> versus
> 
> [1] Buy blank box.
> [2] Plug in, turn on.
> [3] Slap in disc.
> [4] Use.
> 
> versus
> 
> [1] Buy blank box.
> [2] Plug in, turn on.
> [3] Slap in disc.
> [4] Install.
> [5] Use.
> 
> The last is clearly the most complicated (though not by all that much
> with modern installs).
> 
> [rest snipped]

Linux could fit in line with the Mac. They are on par in many senses:

http://www.schestowitz.com/temp/screenshots/dell-gives-choice.jpg

Unless you insist on hunting and then cooking your own lobster, you can just
sit in a fine restaurant and be served. You benefit from skills and
production-line-type work. The cost would be merely the same (c/f eSys and
others).

Best wishes,

Roy

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