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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Most trivial software installations dont really need a reboot but they assume you are running windows 98 so they ask you to. Most of the last steps also assume that you want to put things other than in their default places which a lot of people I know don't. So the steps are excaggerated.
The comparison with GNU/Linux assumes that you are using a distro with apt-get and you know the commands (including the exact name of the program) to use it. so for those people who don't you could excaggerate and add in lots of other steps as well like "open web browser" "navigate to the web page of the distro you are using or other linux help site" "look up commands" "search repository for the name of the program you are wanting to use if you don't know the right name to put in to get it" "If your app is not in the repository then you are SOL" "do additional steps if it fails", etc. etc.
It's kind of like, not everyone knows the commands to use apt-get but they do know how to double click on an icon and hit next, next, next to install a program.
That being said I do agree that using something like apt-get or emerge is pretty easy in ideal circumstances. But sometimes you have to put yourself in other people's shoes. But I guess that could go both ways like the steps and problems that might arrise that you might think are trivial aren't trivial to some people.