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Aloone_Jonez:
For a start the default Windows XP configuration sets up the account with administrator rights while every Linux distibtion I know of forces you to have a separate user account.
Linux is far cheaper to maintain than Windows - lower total cost of ownership.
Windows is far harder to modify and customize.
Windows requires 3rd party software to run well, while Linux comes with everything you need.
piratePenguin:
--- Quote from: Aloone_Jonez ---For a start the default Windows XP configuration sets up the account with administrator rights while every Linux distibtion I know of forces you to have a separate user account.
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Actually, the Slackware installer only asks for a root pass and that's it. Then after rebooting you can add a user all ya want with useradd.
Aloone_Jonez:
So slackware doesn't pretend to be newb friendly like Windows does.
piratePenguin:
--- Quote from: Aloone_Jonez ---So slackware doesn't pretend to be newb friendly like Windows does.
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Last I checked Windows didn't even ask for a password on install.
And I was just pointing it out BTW.
Slackware is the last distro for noobs to try. It, Gentoo, and LFS I think (from the distros I've used).
toadlife:
--- Quote from: Aloone_Jonez ---For a start the default Windows XP configuration sets up the account with administrator rights while every Linux distibtion I know of forces you to have a separate user account.
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So? What permissions are required to place an executable file called evildaemon.bin in ~/.malware/ and set it to start up when KDE loads?
--- Quote from: Aloone_Jonez --- Linux is far cheaper to maintain than Windows - lower total cost of ownership.
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In order for the masses to use it, there will have to be seamless auto-update that doesn't involve the command line, and lasts for more than 18 months per version. Name a distro that supports this without having to pay. If there were 100,000 million desktop Linux users, the existing free update solutions that certain linux vendor's support just wouldn't work, because of the enormous costs involved.
--- Quote from: Aloone_Jonez ---Windows is far harder to modify and customize.
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But does the average user give a shit about this?
--- Quote from: Aloone_Jonez --- Windows requires 3rd party software to run well, while Linux comes with everything you need.
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And you don't think that would change if everyone switched to linux?
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