In article <ubNHLzTQIHA.2396@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>, thomeduk1
@btopenworld.com says...
>
> "Leythos" <void@nowhere.lan> wrote in message
> news:MPG.21d0e5a6e0b82df198990c@adfree.Usenet.com. ..
> > In article <uDV0Q8QQIHA.5988@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>, kevpan158
> > @nospam.hotmail.com says...
> >> For A Mental Retard Like Yourself, Just FYI, You Would Be Perfect For
> >> Ubuntu. Just FYI.
> >
> > Installed Ubuntu 7.10 on a P3/933, took about 1.5 hours, then there were
> > 143 updates, and that's just to the back installed package, no extra's
> > added to it yet.
> >
> > Seems there are new updates weekly too...
> >
> > Strange, just like Windows XP, but XP supports more hardware.
> >
> snip
>
> 90 minutes to install Ubuntu 7.10? You must be joking. (or simply lying).
> It took me 10 to 15 minutes tops plus about another 10 minutes for the
> updates to download and install. It was then fully useable including Open
> Office, recognizes my scanner and printer (HP Businessjet) and connected to
> the internet and my home network, all straight out of the box. I have my
> reservations about Ubuntu (LINUX) but in many ways it is light years ahead
> of WINXP.

No lie, I've done this many times, and the ISO burned to CD, then click
the Install Icon on the desktop, then wait for it to partition the drive
(full drive), then wait for it to install the base apps, then wait for
it to check for updates, then wait forever for it to download the update
packages, then install.....

Don't even start to suggest that it is better with hardware, I searched
BestBuy, Circuit City, and several other sites for a printer that was
listed in the compatible group that was under $150, since none of the
persons Cannon or Lexmark printers was compatible.

As for light years ahead - yea, sure, every time you want to install
something it asks you for your password, the same one you logged into
the PC with, and then it installs it - how is that different than vista
and how is that security? It should be asking you for the root password
so that you can't install anything without it.

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