On 10/8/2011 14:17, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 16:10:16 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>
>>> Try installing Notepad on Windows without installing Windows
>>> Networking.
>>>
>>> Oh, you can't do that.  Why?  Because Windows Networking is an
>>> integrated component of the operating system.
>>>
>>> Guess what - it's also an integrated component of GNOME, because
>>> interoperability matters.
>>
>> The irony is, you actually /can/ uninstall Windows networking (and even
>> the TCP/IP protocol). And Notepad still works. :-P
>
> Not if you try to save to a networked drive.

But that's a stupid argument. Notepad still works even without networking if 
you don't try to use networking. Linux doesn't, because everything assumes 
it's there.

On the other hand, Linux still works if you uninstall graphics drivers, and 
Windows (and Notepad) fall over.

> Installing Windows + applications is a lot more than 4 GB.

Windows hasn't fit on less than a DVD in quite some time. I think the base 
install is a 3.5G DVD image or so. Not counting Office and such.

> Which is why having a community to ask questions of (including 'is there
> a pre-built package for 'x'', surprisingly enough) is a good thing.

Does anyone else miss the good old days when it was possible to use a 
computer based on the instructions it came with, without having to have a 
live connection open to the people who wrote the software you're using? 
Where you could buy a book, and read the book, and then use in all its 
details the software the book described?

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   How come I never get only one kudo?

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