From: Conor Daly (conor.daly at domain oceanfree.net)
Date: Thu 17 May 2001 - 18:24:32 IST
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 domain linux.ie [mailto:ilug-admin at domain linux.ie]On Behalf Of Glen
> Gray
> Sent: 17 May 2001 15:21
> To: 'ilug at domain 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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