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Scooby Doo <notme@nospam.gmail.com> wrote:
> The Man <man@man.com> writes:
> 
> >The point I'm trying to make is that Linux is just too complex for 
> >average users to set up as a member of a mixed network. Or am I wrong?
> 
> Linux WiFi connectivity is very simple nowadays. At McDonalds the other
> day I picked up their "FREE WiFi" brochure and I was surprised at how
> much more complicated it is to configure Windows XP and Windows Vista
> clients versus Mac OSX and Linux.
> 
> Here are the instructions for Windows XP:

[Utter non-sense deleted.]

> And the instructions for Windows Vista (even longer, can you believe
> it?)

[Same.]

> Here are the Mac OSX instructions:
> 
> 1. Click on the AirPort icons in the toolbar
> 2. Select Turn AirPort On
> 3. Select McDonald's FREE WiFi from the list of available wireless
> networks.
> 
> Finally, here are the Linux instructions. I'm using a recent
> Ubuntu, but any distro will work if NetworkManager is installed:
> 
> 1. Click on the NetworkManager icon on the toolbar.
> 2. Select McDonald's FREE WiFi.

  And that's *exactly* as you would do it under XP/Vista/<whatever>!

  Bummer heh, when *facts* get in the way of bias?

> Wow, what a difference that was. 18 discrete actions required
> for Windows XP, 25 (!) for Windows Vista. 3 for Mac, and 2 for
> Linux. Now you tell me which system is not user-friendly?

  Sorry to rain on your parade, but I have two exact same machines
(netbooks/mini-laptops), one with Linux (Linpus, a Fedora derivative)
and one with XP, and there's not an iota difference in this respect.