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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Nice, what a broad and comprehensive comparison. I'm no Windows fanboy, but this is a bit reduntant and pointless.
Who cares how many more seconds the Windows install takes, what I care about is a uniform way of installation of software across the board in Linux, only THEN will it want to compare it to Windows. Sure you can compare debian to Windows, but what about the likes of Gentoo? "Step 1: emerge abiword", "Step 2: go cook dinner while it compiles".
I want to download any software out there for any Linux distro and install it on any version of Linux that I have installed here at home, without any hassles or workarounds, until then, don't tell me Windows' software installation is bad.