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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Oh, come on - don't complain about Gentoo. If you don't like a source based distro, that's one thing, but it also has nothing to do with it's package manager; Portage could be all-binary if someone wanted to make a Lindows-like distro.
The argument in this article is silly, I agree - but I also have to say I haven't really had any problems installing software on either platform - and I own finicky hardware like a Radeon 9600.