[ILUG] don't ya just hate it when...

[Conor Daly]

On Thu, May 17, 2001 at 03:21:17PM +0100 or so it is rumoured hereabouts, 
Keith Clancy thought:
> It is bloody bloatware, Look at what you get with linux, Freebsd,
> whatever... 
> Then compare it to what you get with win2k 
> 
> Look at the packages on the redhat cd's sometime.. 
> Even though i'm not a big fan of linux.. when you install it, at least you
> know whats going on there... where as with windows it's a sort of "Ohhh look
> at the pretty progress bar"
> Plus you install what you NEED in Linux. Not like windows where you install
> everything the Installer thinks you need.
> 
> Then look at all the crap that comes with windows .. dll's you might never
> used or where never removed from the build.
> I will say that windows is pretty looking ... but it's sort of like having a
> Jag with a lada engine.

As opposed to linux being like having a lada with a jag engine... :-)

 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ilug-admin at linux.ie [mailto:ilug-admin at linux.ie]On Behalf Of Glen
> Gray
> Sent: 17 May 2001 15:21
> To: 'ilug at linux.ie'
> Subject: RE: [ILUG] don't ya just hate it when...
> 
> 
> Bloatware. Where do you get that from. I can install Windows 2000 from
> one CD, RedHat and others come on 2, Suse comes on 10 or something or a
> pair of DVD's or something.
> 
> Bloatware, get your facts straight.
> 
> Glen

Well, let's get *your* "facts" straight...

Program / App	No. RedHat CDs		No. Win2k CDs
OS			2			1
Office Suite		1			1
Graphics stuff	Oh look, it's on 		1
		the RH CD!
Browser		Oh!, 4 different ones	On the W2k CD
		on the RH CD
X Server	On the CD?  Yup!		1
Anti-virus	What?				1
Firewall	Oh, on the CD			1
Web server	Yep, 2 of them		On the W2k CD
ftp server	that too			1
CD Mastering	got that too			1
Compiler	Yes, Oh, 5 or 6			1 (per language)
		on the RH CD		
Games		yep, about 30 of 	Yep (4 of them)
		them on the CD
Source code		1		What!!!  HA!

Totals			4			9

Or we could be more agressive and go with

Win 2K	9 CDs min
RH	1 floppy and an internet connection

I rest my case^H^H^H^H fingers.

Conor
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