Linked by Kevin Russo on Thu 31st Mar 2005 18:40 UTC
General Development I read a lot of reviews comparing GNU/Linux and Microsoft Windows, and inevitably the topic of installing software comes up. Most reviews indicate that installing software in Windows is much easier than that of the desktop GNU/Linux world. I decided to do my own comparison based on my desktop usage to see the difference. The following are my results. Those of you that come from the Windows world may be a tad bit surprised at the ease in which software can be installed.
Permalink for comment
To read all comments associated with this story, please click here.
required reboots
by psilo on Thu 31st Mar 2005 18:52 UTC

Windows annoyance: the most trivial software installations require a reboot. Absolutely ridiculous. Only kernel updates require a reboot in most linuxes. Even most driver modules can be build and inserted in a running kernel.