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from the it's-2015-and-things-are-easy dept.
I remember a story on the other site years ago when, following the Mojave Experiment, some guys did their own Folgers Test, asking people what they thought of this new (unidentified) UI and most of those folks thought it (KDE) was just more of Redmond's stuff.
Now, there's this story from OpenSource.com.
- Linux is so easy, anyone can install it--even by accident
One day, [...] a user's Windows install went corrupt on her laptop and she accidentally installed Linux. When her laptop couldn't [load the OS] from the hard drive, it automatically booted [to] the network. When she got the PXE install menu, she just hit Enter, installing a Linux desktop with all of our default network security settings and applications.
She then logged into it with her network account and emailed me to say that her Windows had updated and she wanted to know why her Microsoft Office looked so different now and "Where did Outlook go?" We had a good laugh over how Linux is so easy you can install and configure it by accident now, even on a laptop.
Hat tip to Robert Pogson for spotting this. The comment by IT pro oiaohm is, as always, insightful (once you adjust for his dyslexia).
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 25 2015, @09:21AM
So how did this beacon of wonder go when she updated her video card or wanted to install a new program?
I went much smoother than on that popular proprietary legacy operating system...
When you install a new device, it just works. You don't download drivers from where ever because they're already in the kernel. Linux supports a far wider range of hardware than any other OS, from phones to supercomputers.
Installing new software is a breeze, you go to the package manager as always and select what you wish installed and click apply. Done. No wondering about the intarwebs downloading malware laced binaries from total strangers, no sir!
Try it, you'll be amazed.