Science-fiction ;-)

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 Sebastian Heinlein wrote :
> Why do so many users expect that GNU/Linux works out of the 
> box in all aspects?

bc it's how modern systems oriented towards the desktop user work now.
at this point of time (2006), I don't see the point of expecting end users
to do configuration (especially any cli configuration and playing around
with conf files).

> But it's perhaps a long term effect of the software
> piracy, that many people forget the price of software.

no. it's the effect of having an OS ready to go on your hard drive when
you buy it for a long time.

I am one of those who wants Linux to be an OS that works out of the box.
but this is redundant info, bc otherwise I'd be using LFS or Gentoo.