Well, you could be right, I don't use Windows for much anymore so I'm not sure what that experience is like. I'm thinking about things like: - The Flash installer doesn't run automatically like it does in Windows and until recently it wouldn't even install plugins in the proper directory. - The USB printer wouldn't be recognized unless it was turned on when the computer was booted. - I recently tried to get a USB wireless connection going and gave up after a few days of fiddling and compiling and recompiling drivers. > On Sat, 16 Aug 2003, Brady Hegberg wrote: > > > Generally you can't do a lot with Linux unless you're an expert (so > > far). Example: Just installing my mom's printer (which even had a > > sticker of Tux on it!) involved logging in as root and changing > > permissions on files. > > And how is this different in windows? you still have to be an > administrator to install hardware and software in windows (recent > versions win95+ did not have "user" accounts) > > now i understand that a lot of companies and users simply grant the user > accounts administrator priviledges, but if anything, this is a weakness in > windows now linux. > > Munir Nassar > RedConcepts.NET > http://redconcepts.net/ > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list