OT: Sun & Gnome = ?

[Ben Pfaff]

Torgo Jr <agarris@voyager.net> writes:

> There are some other things to consider.  I was thinking that 
> Sun or someone should come up with a distribution that only 
> has the following:
>  - Linux core
>  - XFree86 with a common, simple window manager
>  - Star Office
>  - Mozilla?

Is that somehow better than a full-size distribution with an
option to install just those components?

> This is what about 80% of the typical end user wants, office 
> stuff and a web browser.  All the distro's I've seen still 
> require a lot of knowledge of existing hardware and how it 
> is configured.

IME Linux installs don't require more hardware knowledge than
Windows installs on comparable hardware.  The problem is that
reviewers compare *installing* Linux to *using* pre-installed
Windows, which is not a fair comparison.  Actually installing
Windows onto a zeroed HDD can be quite difficult.  bricktext!