| 1 |
Jeff Rollin wrote: |
| 2 |
> On 21/12/06, Alan McKinnon <alan@××××××××××××××××.za> wrote: |
| 3 |
> |
| 4 |
>> The risk that the user might nuke the partitions containing Windows is |
| 5 |
>> always there regardless of what distro you use. You still make the same |
| 6 |
>> decisions, fdisk, cfdisk and gparted are still there. Whether you click |
| 7 |
>> here, click OK then say "oops..." or type "fdisk /dev/sda" <some stuff> |
| 8 |
>> then say "oops" you're still gonna say "oops" .... |
| 9 |
>> |
| 10 |
> This is the part where I point out (for the benefit of readers *other* |
| 11 |
> than Alan, probably) that the user, if he is going to have to |
| 12 |
> (re)install Windows, is at risk of nuking the partitions already |
| 13 |
> containing Windows/Linux/SkyOS/$MYFAVOS anyway. "Whether you click |
| 14 |
> here, click ok then say 'oops' or type 'fdisk c:' <some stuff> then |
| 15 |
> say 'oops' you're still gonna say 'oops'". |
| 16 |
> |
| 17 |
> Last I heard, btw, Windows was still using a nasty |
| 18 |
> type-at-me-don't-click partitioner. |
| 19 |
> |
| 20 |
> My £0.02 |
| 21 |
> |
| 22 |
> Jeff. |
| 23 |
> |
| 24 |
|
| 25 |
All things considered, Mandrake is easier to install than windoze any |
| 26 |
day. You think about it, you set up the drives, select ALL the software |
| 27 |
you can fit and hit the install button. How easy is that? You only |
| 28 |
have to reboot once too. I counted six reboots the last time I |
| 29 |
installed XP for somebody. It took longer too. Then you get to install |
| 30 |
the software you had to buy, including anti-virus, adware protection, |
| 31 |
trojan watchers and all that. |
| 32 |
|
| 33 |
Yea, I pick Linux. |
| 34 |
|
| 35 |
Dale |
| 36 |
|
| 37 |
:-) :-) :-) |
| 38 |
|
| 39 |
|
| 40 |
-- |
| 41 |
gentoo-user@g.o mailing list |
Archives