Star Opinion: Linux In 2004 - Usability Needs A Facelift
Linked by Jeremy LaCroix on Thu 3rd Jun 2004 07:02 UTC
Linux During the majority of my time working with computers, Windows was the operating system of choice. Reason being, it's all I've known. In 2002, I took a college course titled "Linux Administration" which entitled me to a few cd-roms of Redhat 7.x. While this course was nothing more than a few extra credits for me, I fell in love with Linux and went through the entire textbook a week into the class. It was a nice feeling to use something "different" than what I was used to.
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Re: did i read a different article?
by andy on Thu 3rd Jun 2004 12:40 UTC

I installed Suse 9.1 last week, and not only did it have 5 cd-roms, I also had to choose from a list of hundreds of programs, to make sure I would have all dependencies resolved. I would like much better a one cd Linux distribution, that contained nothing but the core OS and a Window Manager

Most likely you dont need ALL of the CD's.. The reason for multiple CD's are because they include packages that Windows DOESNT provide for you, for ex: openoffice.org, etc. etc.

Very true. And again: SuSE's yast does resolve dependencies for you, and I for one can't remember it otherwise.

I wonder whether the author of this "article" ever actually tried it. Looks like a stupid piece of FUD to me.