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Question: Which Distro? :: Total Votes:120
Poll choices Votes Statistics
Debian 19  [15.83%]
Slackware 15  [12.50%]
Fedora/RedHat 10  [8.33%]
SuSE 9  [7.50%]
Gentoo 5  [4.17%]
DSL 44  [36.67%]
Windows 8  [6.67%]
Mandrake 6  [5.00%]
Other 4  [3.33%]
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Posted: Nov. 03 2004,20:46 QUOTE
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But why should it take any more work when win runs right out of the box.


Say what!?

I have had machines that would not run windows, no matter how much i coaxed them, But with *nix, they run like a dream. Most distros have better HW detection than M$.

-J.P.

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Posted: Nov. 03 2004,20:49 QUOTE
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But why should it take any more work when win runs right out of the box.


That's funny..
After the basic CD install, I usually have to:
1. Install Motherboard Drivers.
2. Reboot
3. Install Video Card Drivers
4. Reboot
5. Run the Windows Updates wizard.
6. Reboot
7. Run the Windows Updates wizard.
8. Reboot
9. Run the Windows Updates wizard.
10. Reboot
11. Run the Windows Updates wizard.
12. Reboot
13. Install Other drivers not found by Windows Updates.
14. Reboot
15. Install CD burning software ( Nero, Prassi )
16. Reboot
17. Install Office Software ( unless you LIKE wordpad )
18. Reboot
19. Install new browser ( IE? No way. )
20. Reboot
21. Install Virus,Spam, and Adware softwares
22. Reboot  , etc. etc. etc.

And this just gets my WinXP box barely useful .

23. Quickly ghost the partition before it gets hacked or corrupted.
24. THEN begin to install the games, internet software, utilities..

Hopefully, by the end of the day, I can STOP installing
"Windows" ...  :)

Did I mention how much this stuff costs ? :(

Talk about "work" !?

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Posted: Nov. 03 2004,22:16 QUOTE
Took the words right outta my mouth.

M$ is freaking expensive (hence the $).

-J.P.

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Posted: Nov. 04 2004,00:29 QUOTE
Quote (ke4nt1 @ Nov. 03 2004,15:49)
After the basic CD install, I usually have to:
2. Reboot
4. Reboot
6. Reboot
8. Reboot
10. Reboot
12. Reboot
14. Reboot
16. Reboot
18. Reboot
20. Reboot
22. Reboot  , etc. etc. etc.

That's the part I hate most about Windows.

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Posted: Nov. 10 2004,17:42 QUOTE
i love dsl, moving completely to it after i get this winmodem working (think i figured it out now)

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