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Just went two rounds with Mint Linux Gloria RC1. It won with a straight K.O.
Spend a hour downloading an iso image. Doc says I have to burn an ISO CD and boot from it.
I don't have any CD burning software. I haven't burned a music CD in two years, and never burned a data CD. (Remember my comment about removable packs? My backups are mirror packs...) When I need simple removable storage, I use a SD-HC card. Load ISO to a SD-HC.
Besides, this is going on a EEE PC (901-HA, to be precise, XP and a 160 hard drive.) It doesn't have an optical drive!
Boot the system with the RAR software on it. Unpack onto the chip. Try booting off chip. No dice. Try running the install software. It installed one piece of software and then hollers for the internet. I deliberately don't have the internet enabled on that machine, for any OS. Won;t go any further. Drop back 10 and punt.
Unix is a real friendly operating system. It's just real picky who it's friendly with...
Now maybe if I ever got it installed, I might like it. But so far, I haven't got it high enough to crash....
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