blog entry: "Installation Face Off: Linux or Windows"

[John]

Senectus . wrote:
> On 12/14/05, Daniel Robitaille <robitaille at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>His conclusions:
>>
>>"At the end of the day, I did not find one easier to install than the
>>other. So all of you Linux zealots that say it is so much easier to
>>install Linux than Windows XP are wrong and I will even go out on a
>>limb and say that Windows Vista will be easier to install than any
>>Linux distribution available today."
> 
> 
> ahhuh.. and when was the last time he saw WinXP come installed with a
> _fully functional_ software suite (and still be as easy to install)?

My used Toshiba Laptop that came "with Windows XP Professional 
preinstalled" lacked drivers for the ethernet, the modem, the screen, 
the touchpad and the Toshiba extensions.

To get the missing bits, I needed to borrow an Xircon card.

OTOH Linux supported all but the internal modem, out of the box.