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.
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@Jack Greene
by Rayiner Hashem on Thu 31st Mar 2005 19:58 UTC

1. Hmmm, it isn't listed ANYWHERE in the KDE or Gnome menus. I know, some package managers do place menu items, but some don't.

This is a strawman argument. The major desktop package managers do place menu items. If you're not using one of these distros (Fedora, Ubuntu, Linspire), that's your own damn fault, you knew what you were getting into.