> > My biggest gripe of M$ OS's is that to install most programs > you need to > reboot, and if you are installing multiple programs and choose not to > reboot, funny registry corruption can occur (which is hit and > miss, may > happen to 1 of 10 identical builds) > > Atleast with the *nix's unless changing hardware, their is no > need to touch > the power switch, infact I hardly ever even use need to > reboot (only after a > kernel re compile)
This is true. I installed Win98, and rebooted no less than 4 times in the entire process. There is really no reason whatsoever that this should have to happen. Linux will only require one reboot. WinNT: Change IP? Reboot. Change domain name? Reboot. Add/remove external SCSI hard disk? Reboot. On linux you can do all of this without rebooting... > > Add this to the license issues, and I can fast see why *nix > is taking over, > sure installation is not user friendly YET, but it is getting > their, a new > version is rumoured to be released soon that will allow easy > auto config for > hardware, boots straight to the GUI .... Basically OsX for a PC :o) Try Mandrake 8.X, it's already there. Cheers, MvdW * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
