Linked by Kevin Russo on Thu 31st Mar 2005 18:40 UTC
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.
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these package managers don't work well with commercial software. You can't apt-get install oracle or apt-get install matlab. Commercial software runs into the problem of what package manager to use, and no matter which one they choose they leave out the other distributions. This is where your 15 step installer comes in, it doesn't care what distro you are using and is better suited for non IT people.