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

[Klementa David]

Hi

isn't 'rpm -i package.rpm' almost the same as 'setup.exe'??? ;o)

Bye David


On Tue, 14 May 2002, higuita wrote:

> On Sun, 5 May 2002 11:59:51 +0000 (UTC), "Joe Woods" <jwoods na suomi24.fi> wrote:
> > file. If it's possible to simply run setup.exe in Windows and that's
> > everything installed, why can't this exist in Linux?
>
> 	well, if people build a easy "setup.exe", that hardware support
> 	would be in the kernel/X
>
> 	for the closed bin drivers, they start to do that... just watch
> 	the conexant linmodems drivers, its very easy to install
> 	if you have the more newbies distros, you have the binary drivers
> 	if you have your own kernel/other distro, you need the kernel
> 	source, but that is like the windows setup.exe requiring the
> 	Iexploder, its big but easy to install, and at least for
> 	hardware support, of course you need the kernel source
>
> 	maybe if there was a easy to work AND good "install shield"
> 	like for linux these drivers would get some easy installers
> 	faster
>
> 	but most of the time, it hardware company dont cares alot
> 	about linux... most drivers are made in the free time of
> 	some worker in the company, because he too likes linux...
> 	or they make drivers only for windows, then after those
> 	drivers are good, they build some support for linux
> 	but most people, tired of waiting, have changed to other
> 	better supported hardware already
>
> higuita
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