Ahh Subman you're thinking ten years back or using too much of the "advanced user" stuff. After my recent OS installation roulette(Windows 7 beta build 7000, Windows 7 RC1, Ubuntu and Xubuntu) I did find the Linuxes quite a bit easier to install and set-up than Win7. Granted Win7 is still not final, but it should be pretty close to it by now. Out-of-the box the Linuxes were definitely more ready than Windowses, with better drivers for my hardware and more necessary software. In the distant past I used to tweak the OS quite a lot and compile my own kernels, but nowadays I just can't bother with it. The less micromanaging the better, after all the OS should serve the user and not the other way around.
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