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I don't know, Mandrake 9.0 might just be easier to install than windows. I mean, you pop the disks in, and follow the directions, just like in windows. If you just use all the default options (which I wouldn't), it requires nothing more than pushing enter a few times. It only gets harder when people choose packages and languages and stuff, and thats like choosing items from a list, not complicated at all. It will also take less time than windows XP. About the only other thing you have to do in Mandrake installation that someone who uses windows is not used to would be setting up a root account. That is simple and might only take 5-10 seconds. As far as setting up software goes, thats not hard at all. Well, in the case that RPMs exist. All you do is download the RPM, click on it, enter the root password, done! Now granted, some software is not available as an RPM, and its much more complicated if it isn't (but not too complicated once you get the hang of it). Thats Mandrake. One complaint I have of mandrake 9.0 is that its multilingual support does not cover all the packages. There are still a few places where asian characters will not show up correctly. This is not a problem in the more advanced, but also more difficult Redhat.
LINUX IS A POWERFUL FORCE THAT CANNOT BE STOPPED IN ITS CONQUEST OF THE DESKTOP MUA HA HA...
ummm, sorry about that
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