Re: Ease of installation

2003-08-22 Thread Vik Olliver
On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 19:13, rowan wrote: > As may have already been stated one of the most important things that > must be improved (?) with Linux is to make it attractive enough to ´new > entrants´ or ´converts´ so they don´t unthinkingly and automatically go to > MS. By that I mean that

Re: Ease of installation

2003-08-21 Thread Dave
On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 05:13, you wrote: > With all the talk about converting users from windows to linux I feel > that I should put in my $0.03 worth (more inflation). > My first installation attempts were fruitless due to defective discs > and then I had email connection problems caused by a

Re: Ease of installation

2003-08-21 Thread Shane Hollis
Hi Rowan, I too am a returnee from the Windows world back to Linux. I dabbled in the early 90's but went the MS route because my clients needed the ease you speak of. I am promoting Linux now to clients as it is now at a point that it is ready for them to use. There are differences between hom

Ease of installation

2003-08-21 Thread rowan
With all the talk about converting users from windows to linux I feel that I should put in my $0.03 worth (more inflation). My first installation attempts were fruitless due to defective discs and then I had email connection problems caused by an unworkable network chipset on my motherbo