This image was created by /u/kuebic@discuss.tchncs.de for this comment here: https://discuss.tchncs.de/comment/21735989. I had encouraged them to post it somewhere, but as far as I can tell, they never did.
Panel 1: “Installing Windows 20 years ago” screenshot of install wizard with just a couple buttons
Panel 2: “Installing Linux 20 years ago” screenshot of a busy command line
Panel 3: “Installing Windows today” screenshot of a busy command line
Panel 4: “Installing Linux today” screenshot of install wizard with just a couple buttons
So you couldn’t find anyone to download those tools for you? Sounds like Linux wasn’t the problem in this scenario
Hell, just go to the library. Or since they were a student in cs, download it from the school computer.
Yus. Did this a few times.
Also, I wish I had known what all the FSF and GNU banners in the library were, the first time I saw them. If I had, I would have started using GNU+Linux years earlier, in the 90s. Well done the library for being Free Software friendly so early on. :)