Having used a computer the past 11 years of my life, I’ve come across a plethora of install programs for various software. The absolute majority of them are a pain in the ass, let’s face it. The simplest kinds of software, like Winamp, don’t exactly require a lot of configuration options, but even those are a pain to use a lot of the time. Very rarely do I see an install program that caters to the user. The occurence is borderline miracle, in fact.

But worst of all, the operating system category. Any OS I have tried my hands on had a fairly long install procedure and just about everyone of them was painful. To make this more intuitive, I’ll try to categorize a little.

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