Originally Posted By: Ed_T
It's posts like these that keep the average slob using Windows....
?!
Setting up Windows is orders of magnitude more difficult than getting a Linux system up and running! You know why this discussion is even taking place?! Because the people in this discussion have the **freedom** to choose different layouts, interfaces, underlying technologies (bleeding edge versus stable, etc.) and versions and distributions as we could ever want, without cost or restriction on as many systems as we choose. You're not allowed to do that with Windows or Mac.
If you install Ubuntu or Mint you can begin using it right off the hop and everything will be fine. No trialware, no spyware, no license agreements, no serial numbers, etc. installing extra software is a simple matter of opening one program, finding the applications you want and clicking "Install".
It's posts like these that keep the average slob using Windows....
?!
Setting up Windows is orders of magnitude more difficult than getting a Linux system up and running! You know why this discussion is even taking place?! Because the people in this discussion have the **freedom** to choose different layouts, interfaces, underlying technologies (bleeding edge versus stable, etc.) and versions and distributions as we could ever want, without cost or restriction on as many systems as we choose. You're not allowed to do that with Windows or Mac.
If you install Ubuntu or Mint you can begin using it right off the hop and everything will be fine. No trialware, no spyware, no license agreements, no serial numbers, etc. installing extra software is a simple matter of opening one program, finding the applications you want and clicking "Install".