Is linux free 4992
HalcyonWild
To be honest I doubt your friend would be able to install Solaris at all, but then, it's free too :-)
Have you ever tried to install XP on a computer from scratch, with only an OEM XP install CD available? It's pretty ugly, and when you have downloaded and upgraded all needed drivers from third-parties etc. etc. you've spent much more time than any Fedora install ever will require.
Your point narrows down to: All pre-installed os'es are easy to install. That's pretty obvious as the work required amounts to nothing.
Jon Martin Solaas I did it twice on the same machine. The first time was easy enough. Of course I had to reinstall...
I've never installed MaxOS X, but I suppose it's the easiest one, as Apple provides both hardware and OS.
Finally, I've never expirienced any stability issues with Fedora, but that's just me ... Especially I'd be surprised if any RHEL-derivative is any more unstable than RHEL, being built from the same source. Also, most pay-linux'es comes with commercial software, and are available for free as well, only difference is the absence of some commercial code. I really don't understand how that could make the free versions less stable? Could you please explain how that is?
-- jon martin solaas
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