Well, Windows is back on the disk.

[Sasha Tsykin]

J.Markoll wrote:

> Lonn a écrit :
>
>> In the initial 'user' stages WINDOWS is easiest and most
>> functional. In the later stages of learning and experience, Linux is 
>> still
>> difficult, but offers more freedom because users are forced to learn 
>> much of
>> its structure and functionality -- which they can then turn to better
>> advantage than is possible with MS products.
>>
>> Lonn
>
> Not necessarily! I started whith Windows because no Linux are available
> in the boxes I think.
> As I has almost no training preceedingly, the problems started very 
> fast, and I hated having to wait days and days for the man who sold me 
> the machine, I hated staring at him while he was browsing in the 
> system doing things that I couldn't understand and reproduce.
>
> So one can start from scratch at once on Linux, the only thing to 
> succeed is to find fast the right documentation, the right virtual 
> places to get help, and/or a good book really thought for starting 
> people (with no dum titles prefered).
>
> When more computer will be sold with Linux distributions/or dual boot,
> this will be nice. Some places started selling with Mandrake, btw. (In 
> some hypermarkets).
>
> No Ubuntu Linux available in the boxes ?!
> That's a bug! Should I report it ? :)
> Best greetings, Joyce Markoll.
>
>
>
There are of course windows horror stories, but the vast majority of 
times, it is more polished and tends to be easier both to set up and use.

Sasha