(This issue of installation originally emerged in the middle of another thread.) I realise its not representative of the Joe Sixpack of the world, but I've seen many reports about Windows being more difficult to install that Linux, even from people who should know. Example; http://www.zdnet.com/article/building-a-pre-release-linux-testbed-with-opens... After becoming frustrated with a Windows update, the author wiped it and went for a multi-boot Linux. He's not a naive user. <quote> First up was openSuSE (tumbleweed), because I prefer to use its UEFI boot setup to manage multiboot with all the other versions I install. I have found it to be the most flexible and reliable, and able to handle multi-boot with other UEFI systems and non-UEFI (MBR) systems at the same time. Installing that was dead easy, as it always is. It created all of the necessary partitions. All I had to do was resize them to leave room for the other distributions I was going to install. No problems of any kind with hardware, software, UEFI boot configuration, or anything else. Wow, was that ever nice. The day was starting to look a lot better than it was just a short time ago. At this point I was thinking to myself that I could have spent the rest of today, and a good part of tomorrow reinstalling Windows, but instead I spent 30 minutes installing Linux, and the netbook is ready to use again. Not bad. </quote> His "hassle" - if it can be viewed as that, was that he chose to resize so as to allow space for other installations. No, its not representative. Windows came pre-installed, so his real hassle wasn't with the actual installation. I think a similar issue applies for OSX, it comes pre-installed. Its only the geeks who decide to go 'under the hood' and resize Windows or OSX so they can install Linux along side, or root their Android phone so they can isntall another ROM. I wonder when mass produced desktops will be shipped with Linux already installed? Perhaps it won't be called Linux; perhaps it will be "Desktop Android". -- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org