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>But the average computer user cannot, painlessly. Have you tried installing Linux lately? The Ubuntu installation is simpler and faster than a Windows install
by drivebyacct2 14y ago
>But the average computer user cannot, painlessly.
Have you tried installing Linux lately? The Ubuntu installation is simpler and faster than a Windows install and on par with OS X. At best, it's hard to get users to download an ISO and know how to burn it (even though that functionality is built into Windows/OSX/Linux), but even then Wubi is dead-simple to use.
- brudgers 14y agoI've recently installed Ubuntu, Kbuntu, and Windows 8. Windows 8 as a clean install was the most seamless in terms of hardware compatibility. Installing additional software on Windows 8 is vastly easier.
- drivebyacct2 14y agoWhat hardware did you have issue with? >Installing additional software on Windows 8 is vastly easier. huh? Besides the fact that I can install every application I need in a single command in a few minutes, or despite USC's one-click install of all software... Windows requires either independent one-off nuanced installers or require using the Store that has hardly any apps and requires you have and link a Microsoft Account.
- jeltz 14y agoI can believe the first part. When I last installed Ubuntu some years ago it was indeed clunkier than a Windows installation. But installing software being easy at Windows? The main reason I switched to using Linux as my main system is due to the vastly improved process of installing software. Windows has not improved in this area much in recent years (though many other aspects of it has).