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Re: Linux took 7 hours to install, and everything just works!

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____/ Sinister Midget on Thursday 11 September 2008 12:15 : \____

> On 2008-09-11, Linonut <linonut@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> claimed:
>> * Roy Schestowitz peremptorily fired off this memo:
>>
>>> When I set up this machine I only needed to copy my home directory over
>>> (KDE 3.5 -> KDE 3.5) and it was all set up. Missing applications can be
>>> ticked in the package managers and then be installed all at the same time.
>>> I think it needn't take more than 1 hour. Opening cardboard boxes and stuff
>>> can take longer.
>>
>> That's the point!  With Linux, you don't get the joy of opening
>> packages!
>>
>> With Windows, it's like Christmas!
> 
> With every box equal to two lumps of coal.
> 
> Plus you get to pay for it all yourself. Nothing is given as a gift,
> although some claim you get discounts or "free" goodies when you
> overpay for the items.
> 
> Your "gift list" consists of one person: you. You really can't afford
> to equip every person you know with a full office suite, anti-virus,
> graphics packages that do some real graphics work (ergo, *not* Paint),
> media burners and rippers, and all of the other things needed to make
> the machine useful.
> 
> Windows: The "Christmas? Bah! Humbug!" of the computing world.

With Free software, you can duplicate your one gift (kind of like in Star Wars)
and spread it all over town. You can even prepare your own 'spin'.

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