Comments on: Linux is easier to install than XP http://practical-tech.com/infrastructure/linux-is-easier-to-install-than-xp/ for practical people. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:10:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: larry0987 http://practical-tech.com/infrastructure/linux-is-easier-to-install-than-xp/comment-page-1/#comment-484 larry0987 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:18:36 +0000 http://practical-tech.com/?p=444#comment-484 Sorry, a servicepack does not make a new os. Do updates to linux make it a new version? No, there is no Ubuntu 8.04.345, even with several daily updates its still 8.04. Do windows updates make a new os? No SP3 is a collection of updates to XP, and not a new os. Vista is a new os. Sorry, a servicepack does not make a new os. Do updates to linux make it a new version? No, there is no Ubuntu 8.04.345, even with several daily updates its still 8.04. Do windows updates make a new os? No SP3 is a collection of updates to XP, and not a new os. Vista is a new os.

]]> By: Sephi http://practical-tech.com/infrastructure/linux-is-easier-to-install-than-xp/comment-page-1/#comment-481 Sephi Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:30:23 +0000 http://practical-tech.com/?p=444#comment-481 arggh400: What about checking a box to install proprietary drivers ? That's what Ubuntu does. And the free drivers ? Oh, yeah, they're automatically loaded, no need to manually install anything. The last time I installed XP (maybe 1 year ago), it didn't even had drivers for my motherboard's components (chipset Nvidia nForce3). So I had no network at all and I was forced to reboot on Debian, go to Asus' website, download the drivers, come back to XP, realize that it can't extract zip files by default, reboot on Debian, download 7-zip, reboot on XP, install 7-zip, and finally install my motherboard drivers. What an awful nightmare... BTW, try to change a piece of your hardware (like the CPU or the motherboard), and try to boot XP. You should get a BSOD... and what about GNU/Linux ? Oh yeah, HAL (I think it's thanks to HAL) does the trick and makes your new hardware work like a charm, without reinstalling anything. arggh400: What about checking a box to install proprietary drivers ? That’s what Ubuntu does. And the free drivers ? Oh, yeah, they’re automatically loaded, no need to manually install anything.

The last time I installed XP (maybe 1 year ago), it didn’t even had drivers for my motherboard’s components (chipset Nvidia nForce3). So I had no network at all and I was forced to reboot on Debian, go to Asus’ website, download the drivers, come back to XP, realize that it can’t extract zip files by default, reboot on Debian, download 7-zip, reboot on XP, install 7-zip, and finally install my motherboard drivers. What an awful nightmare…

BTW, try to change a piece of your hardware (like the CPU or the motherboard), and try to boot XP. You should get a BSOD… and what about GNU/Linux ? Oh yeah, HAL (I think it’s thanks to HAL) does the trick and makes your new hardware work like a charm, without reinstalling anything.

]]> By: fstephens http://practical-tech.com/infrastructure/linux-is-easier-to-install-than-xp/comment-page-1/#comment-476 fstephens Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:23:40 +0000 http://practical-tech.com/?p=444#comment-476 I remember the last time I installed XP - nightmare! The owner had no install disk for the motherboard so I had to track down drivers for the video, sound, network. Not to mention installing the Service Pack and all the updates. Including installing necessary applications and configuring it all, I was up to about 6 hours! Maybe I was just out of practice having used Linux for the last few years... I remember the last time I installed XP – nightmare! The owner had no install disk for the motherboard so I had to track down drivers for the video, sound, network. Not to mention installing the Service Pack and all the updates. Including installing necessary applications and configuring it all, I was up to about 6 hours! Maybe I was just out of practice having used Linux for the last few years…

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