Future: Linux will replace Microsoft Windows getting 98% desktop market!

[Anthony W. Youngman]

>"Ken Morris" <kenmo na hfx.andara.com> wrote in message
>news:fp6j6ucft153fohgadvb9gpukdrk1kgh4n na 4ax.com...
>> I wouldn't bet the farm on it. Although Linux may surpass some
>> versions of Windows, especially Windows 9x, in stability I doubt it
>> will ever get as easy to install and configure as Windows. I'm hoping
>> it does 'cause I want someone to give Microsoft a run for their money.
>> And I'm hoping it's Linux now that BeOS is dead.
>>
Linux will never be as easy to install as Windows? I've got news for
you!

In my experience linux has LONG been EASIER to install than windows.
Installing doze has been an absolute nightmare on far too many
occasions. Take my current attempts with Win2K. I'm trying to install
that on the same disk (different drive letter) to Win98. It stomps all
over the 98 partition, reboots, and blue-screens. Installing 98 on that
machine was a real pain too - it kept on blue-screening, but when I gave
up and came back the next day it was fine...

On the other hand, linux has been a cinch almost since I first started
trying to install it with a distro called Universe. Even Slack on
floppies was dead easy, just thoroughly boring as I swapped floppy after
floppy (30 in total! :-(

How people can claim doze is easier to install I don't know (unless by
install they mean "switch on and let the auto-install just run).
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