Subj : Re: Which Linux for a beginning desktop?
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Mxsmanic
Date : Mon Feb 28 2005 09:50 pm

SINNER writes:

> Then you have to install the drivers for all the hardware which requires
> a few reboots ...

The drivers are usually installed as part of the installation, unless
you have very unusual hardware.

> ... then you have to install all the applications you use.

That's not part of OS installation.

> So you're saying you dont have to load the network card drivers, video
> card drivers, sound card drivers and reboot after each install?

Yes.

> That is a blatent lie.

It's a brutal fact.

> Do you think people that use Linux have never or arent
> currenly using Windows as well?

I think most of them have used Windows, since the primary motivation for
using Linux among most of its fans is a hatred of Microsoft and Windows.
If there were no Windows, there'd be no Linux.

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