• Rooty@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I remember installing Debian in 2008 as a complete linux noob and only pressing the space bar to install it. Has the procesd changed in the meantime?

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      Yes, once you have the install medium, i.e. today a bootable USB, it is just a question of clicking to accept defaults. So, back then, unless you got a CD-Rom delivered to you by mail, you must have done much more than “press the spacebar”. I also managed to install Linux back then as a noob, but it was not a easy process, I only managed it because I was very motivated.

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          1 year ago

          Sure, but an ordinary user does not have to install Windows since it is already there. This is Linux’s burden. IMO a lot of techies in this discussion are underestimating it.

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            1 year ago

            Who is going to pay Dell, HP, Acer, etc to install Linux?

            Just because MS can throw billions at these OEMs doesn’t make that “Linux’s burden”.

            See also Dell & Lenovo sell laptops with Ubuntu.

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              So, in concrete terms, you are disputing that Fedora and Ubuntu make this chore much easier than Debian does? Or you just don’t care?