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Originally Posted by HarryT
Which is a perfectly reasonable expectation. I don't know (or care) how my car works - I just want to get in it and drive it. The days when you had to be a mechanic to own a car are long gone; PCs should be a sufficiently mature product by now for the same to be true of them, too.
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And that's exactly why I use Linux Mint. I invest 40 minutes for an install and complete OS and applications update -- and I'm done. No Office to install and update. No flash to install. No java to install. No anti-virus or anti-malware to install. No codecs to install. No video drivers to install. No repeated reboots when installing updates and drivers. All my programs are in the repository (with the exception of drivers for my printer -- and the possible exception of yagf -- which may be in the repository now, not sure). And I think I have to install Chrome (which I use for watching Netflix and running my Chromecast). And there's Spotify. I install that also. (But it's not like Windows users don't install separate programs in Windows also.)
The only reason Windows could be seen as an "easier install" is because most people don't install it.