Dual booting
Posted on 2005-02-09 at 08:01
I got Denise's new system dual booting finally. She needed a Windows partition for gaming and some financial software. Of course, it would have taken an hour or so if Windows had been as easy to install as Linux. Instead, I had all sorts of trouble with the Windows install. Took a couple of weeks to get all the drivers and directions to get it to install on this box (no, I'm not making this up, ask if you want details!). Linux, however, was a matter of putting the disk in and clicking enter a few times. 2 weeks versus 20 minutes. Hmmm. Is linux ready for the desktop? Well, if Windows is the high water mark for desktop usage, then it's beyond ready.