Re: I wish to advocate linux

[Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net>]

Mark Filipak wrote:
> On 2013/2/27 5:32 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > On Tuesday 26 February 2013 21:35:18 Mark Filipak wrote:
> > > An OS that is difficult to install is not a friendly OS. People 
> > > understand
> > > this.
> >
> > I find Debian GNU/Linux significantly easier to install than Windows.
>
> What a nonsensical statement. I've never successfully installed any 
> distribution of Linux.
>
> > And the
> > average man in the street does not install his own OS, whatever that 
> > OS may
> > be.
>
> what? That's absurd. The only people I know who have their OS 
> installed at a shop are Apple users.

When's the last time you bought a laptop?  It's pretty hard to buy a 
computer that doesn't have either Windows or MacOS pre-installed; and if 
you do, you have to go out of your way to find an install disk.



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