On 01 Mar 2007 17:14:55 +0100, Ingemar Nilsson init@pdc.kth.se wrote:
"Dotan Cohen" dotancohen@gmail.com writes:
Furthermore, I have to burn those disks, and I can do one disk in five minutes with no babysitting, but burning five disks require that I babysit the machine for half an hour.
Fedora has to compete with a one-disk install of Windows XP, that can be installed in an hour with no babysitting. Fedora installs require one to switch disk three or four times.
You obviously never heard about the DVD version. One disc to burn, one disc to install from and no switching. With it, a Fedora install becomes much more pleasing than a Windows XP install, which asks some questions, then processes for a few minutes, then asks some more questions, followed by some processing, and then more questions, etc, etc.
Regards Ingemar
I actually do have he DVD tucked away at home, and I installed this system from DVD. However, DVD burners are not as common on the most common hardware that I see in the dorms at my university, but CD birners are very common. And the DVD is over 3 GB in size, about 5 times the size of Kubuntu.
I want to remake the point that I'm not argueing for my own good: I use and love Fedora. I'm simply stating that requiring 5 disks to install is a turnoff for those not familiar with Fedora or Linux. No amount of arguing will change that fact. And there is no need to convice me that 5 disks is fine: I'm voicing the opinion of those whom I've installed for, not my own opinion.
Dotan Cohen
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