cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17478803
Installing OS, 10 years ago:
Windows: click a couple of buttons enter username and password
Linux: Terminal hacking, downloading shell scripts from github
Installing OS today:
Linux: click a couple of buttons, enter username and password
Windows: Terminal hacking, downloading shell scripts from github.
Link to video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qKRmYW1D0S0
Fake news. Ubuntu has had a graphical installer as far back as I remember. At least 12.04. Probably 8.04.
And plenty of very capable TUI installers even back in the 90s.
Yeah, I've used dozens of different distros for the past 15 years and the vast majority have had either graphical or text installers, both dirt simple.
OP probably never needed SCSI or ATA card drivers for their Windows XP install.
when people say "linux" what they mean is arch, all the other distros just work without much difficulty and thus aren't fun to joke about.
It had one even in 5.10 which is when I got hooked