On Monday 18 February 2002 21:54, you wrote: > On Sunday 17 February 2002 04:03 pm, you wrote: > >>>> snip > > > > The constane demand for "features" by most of the customers of Mandrake > > so that they can run the biggest and best and latest has taken this > > distro away from the simple distros of the past. Consider that Windows > > XP is on one CD and doesn't use all of it and Mandrake 8.1 full download > > edition fills three CDs and still leaves off some things you have to > > find in /contribs. > > > > Civileme > > Civileme: > Er, umm, counting CD's is a real apples vs oranges argument. Unless Gates > has undergone some sort of incredible religious conversion today that I > haven't heard about, the single win XP CD includes one each windows > manager, browser, media player, mail reader; and no (as in none, zero, > cipher, nada, zilch) compilers, office suites, _windows_ virus scanners, > etc. All of a sudden, the CD count has gone up. > > To give fair credit, however, I understand that MS has replaced the > legendary BSOD (R). It's black now. Yet another market-driven innovation. > > Regards, > Carroll Or drivers, don't forget the drivers, I just sat here tonight feeding 4 different CDs into the gaping maw of MS Windows 98se to reinstall a total crash brought on by a sudden power outage and no ups on that computer. Then I stuck a floppy in and fought the durn thing for 20 minutes before it finally installed the NIC card drivers. So the CD count mounts, and Windows is in no way as easy to install as Mandrake-Linux, thank you very much for giving me the chance to vent. : )
-- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842
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