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Old 20-05-2005, 13:46   #22
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Re: Linux users help me: I'm tempted to the Dark Side

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Originally Posted by Bifta
Er no, slightly more than 3 commands, what planet are you on?
Downloading isn't counted as a command. It doesn't use the CLI for a start.

If you are installing it for the first time, then you won't need to remove the existing references.

Copying the files to desktop is hardly tough command to do. People could even use the GUI if they find it that difficult.

So that leaves section 4, which contains 4 whole commands. All they have to do is read off a text file and type what it says, it's not rocket science.

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Which is all well and good, but you'll need to have internet access to do this, so you'll need to run a cable to your wireless router
Or they could download before connecting the router?

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8) Reinstall Windows XP 64 and notice how your wireless card was automatically installed without having to use a CD or download anything.
Which is why every USB device for years always has a big sticker on it "installer drivers before connecting device".

Still, if manufacturers released linux drivers in the first place, it would be as easy on XP. The fact that a some random programmer has managed to create a device wrapper for XP system device files for Linux, is phenomenal. Plus it shows manufacturers hardly need to go to big lengths to produce native linux drivers, surely.
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