Re: [LUG] Farseer enterprises - continued

[Simon Avery <flash@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

David Johnson wrote:
> > Give a newbie a blank hard drive and copies of windows and, say, Fedora
> > or Ubantu (I don't know mandrake, that might be better). In my
> > experience, more people would get a functioning desktop running with
> > windows first.

> You mustn't forget that when you install Linux, you're not just getting a 
> blank desktop - you're getting several gigabytes of additional software as 
> well.

I think that's highly dependant on what you choose to install.

> Compare the installation process for any single-disc Linux distro with Windows 
> XP and you'll get a working desktop much quicker and (in my opinion) more 
> easily.

And that's a highly personal viewpoint of what a "working desktop" is. 
If it works for you, great, but for a newbie, wouldn't they get confused?

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Simon Avery

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