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> and doesn't
> require them to experiment too much.

and that's just it, I don't want to experiment, I want to *use* the machine.

>         installing games is far easier under Windows. can't gainsay that.

well if they'd code games for linux, install would b easier there, too. marketing 
stuff.

> my
> issue is that the OS is far more hassle. broken drivers that you can't do
> anything about, installs that take hours,

had no drivers for my radeon first, then had broken drivers that crashed 9 out of 10 
tries.
took me days and weeks. had to download CVS, 360megs. only possible cuz I got DSL, 
lots of
ppl in germany still have to use modem or ISDN.

> that the OS is so much less hassle, makes it worthwhile. also, installing
> games gets easier over time, because you learn from each install.

well thats why all the ppl I know are so familiar with win and they as well as me still
know MSDOS commands, for there was only one reason to learn this stuff: make Wing 
Commander
work :D

>         that's why I often tell newbies to try and find their local Linux
> Users Group (even if they're *BSD users). they can usually get good & quick help 
>there.
>

Hard to find, man! And I like ppl in flesh and blood better than virtual 
communities... am
a lil' old-fashioned ;)


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