Re:What happens...
by aaronl (43811)

I had the same trouble with my Thinkpad T61p. Get the alternate install disc and use that to install. Then you have to...[SNIP]. Hope this helps!

Re:What happens...
by Adams4President (849082)

[SNIP]....you can see by that post why Microsoft still has nothing to fear from Linux...even "user-friendly" Ubuntu. "get the latest beta driver"?? "install by hand in text mode"?? "start sshd and do it remotely"?? You might as well ask the typical user to perform brain surgery on himself.

Re:What happens...
by ivan256 (17499)

Listen to yourself.

This is the same crap you have to do to install Windows. It comes up in some low-res crap graphics mode if you're lucky, and then you have to go to nvidia's site, download drivers, acknowledge the HQL deficiency, and hope everything goes well instead of bluescreening.

If you're *not* lucky (because you own some new laptop) you either have to go with the vendor's "wipe everything" recovery disc, or go through a complicated process to embed the driver you need into a CD image before installing.

Linux has been easier to install than Windows for ages now. For 99% of users, the process required to get these drivers is two clicks and now FUD. In the cases where you do have to jump through some hoops due to an exotic hardware configuration, there are practically always equivalent hooops on Windows. People like you either have never jumped through them on Windows because you rarely install, or you're so used to them by now that you don't realize how ridiculous they sound.

Oh, and don't forget. Hit F6! Quick!