Linked by Kristofer Jarl on Fri 23rd Jul 2004 05:38 UTC
The smell of newly purchased stuff... So, there I was, Hauppauge WinTV board in hand, Mandrake 10 installed and ready to rock! Little did I expect that it would come to this. But first things first. 
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Well your motherboard should come with all drivers. After the installation it is quite easy to install them as windows will let you know
This is true, but you are SOL if you didn't buy the MoBo from a retailer but rather a person.
Well It totally depends on the user. If anybody who has a little knowledge of linux, who logins with root, can get a trojan easily. As far as I know in our time(up until year 2004) If you are dumb enough to accept the malicious thing, it really doesnt matter what OS you use. Windows doesnt tell you come and install it...
Uhhh...Not at all. Nice try though. You don't have to do anything to get a worm in Windows and it is quite easy to do if you are unpatched and in the process of patching the computer. Actaully installing a trojan on your computer and getting a worm by doing nothing are two TOTALLY different things. Installing linux isn't a race against the internet like it is with Windows.
Sorry my drivers are not doing that.
And? What's your point? It does happen and it has happened.
it is stupid to say Windows installation is hard when it is not hard
Why is it stupid to say that when I just showed instances where it can be a hassle? On top of that, installing Redhat, Mandrake, Suse, and even Slackware have been much easier on the same hardware.