Ubuntu easier to install and use than Windows ???

[Dave Sullivan]

On Thursday 01 February 2007 20:44, Jim Sheppard wrote:
> Please don't take the following comments in the wrong way.  I am in no way
> bashing Ubuntu, well certainly not to the extent you seem to be attacking
> Microsoft windows.  From my perspective as someone who would very much like
> to believe that Ubuntu is easier to install and use than Windows I find
> comments like "show how many things in Ubuntu can be one with only one
> click" rather misleading.
>
> In my case I have spent several days attempting to establish a simple
> dial-up connection to complete my installation and customization of Ubuntu.
> I now have a modem that the system will recognize and can actually dial out
> but still cannot connect to the internet.  The same procedure with windows
> has worked immediately with all modems I have tried.
>
> How can this be easier to use than Windows!
>
> Wishing you well with your campaign but wishing I could believe in Ubuntu
> as much as you!
> Jim
> Ottawa

Indeed, dial-up support needs to be developed and made easier. This is mostly 
due to the fact that the majority of modems, referred to as "Winmodems," rely 
almost entirely on software to drive them, and thus finding drivers for these 
modems in Linux can prove to be a little more difficult than "click once."

It also doesn't help that hardware manufacturers that develop Linux drivers 
are few and far between, mostly because the end user market is dominated by 
Microsoft.

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Dave Sullivan
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