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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You're at the mercy of the software vendor no matter what you do. They're writing your OS, they should be able to write your packages. In any case, if you use something like Fedora or Ubuntu, things should stay quite up to date. Again, if you're using a smaller distro, either stop using it, or don't complain about it. With regards to Debian uninstalling software --- apt-get doesn't uninstall software when you install something new. There is something more to this story...