scott wrote:
>>> It requires you to connect to the
>>> Internet, manually download a tar.gzip file, figure out how to unpack 
>>> it, do the whole configure/make/install trip,
>>
>> That's the *basic* installation method on Linux. If you don't even 
>> know how to unpack a .tar.gz... you don't know Linux.
> 
> And you guys are trying to convince me my mum could use Linux .... ha!

I'm afraid I have to agree here...

[Well, no, I'd say that once everything you want is configured, Linux is 
actually quite easy to use. But every time you want to plug something 
new in... hmm.]

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