----- Original Message ----- From: "wyrmzr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 8:29 AM Subject: Re: [Cooker] 8.2 Comments
> On Thursday 21 March 2002 08:13, you wrote: > > On Thursday 21 March 2002 06:08 am, you wrote: > > > I have tested Cooker for awhile now and I downloaded the release 8.2 > > > ISO's and they went in without any problems. I kind of find it a bit > > > sluggish at times > > > but then again what do you expect with a K62-300 and 256 MB ram. > > > I'm really satisfied with the product and I will bring it into my shop to > > > resell it > > > as soon as its avilable in boxed format. > > > > > > The only _minor_ glitch that I found was when installing it on a system > > > that has onboard "Built-in AC97 Digital Audio (by VT82C686B)" > > > (Epox 8KTA3+Pro board). The sound would come out kind of low and I > > > would get like (sounds funny) *puff* sounds out of my speakers. > > > Well thats the best I can explain the sound. Maybe it could be some kind > > > of static or the sounddriver sends out some kind of signal every so > > > often. > > > > > > I didn't try the Release version on a board like this, maybe the gotten > > > better with > > > the newer kernel. > > > > > > Also when installing a Realtek 10/100 network card in the PCI slot next > > > to the > > > AGP card seem to slow the system down when running Linux . Probobly cause > > > they both use the same IRQ. I guess its something to do with the IRQ > > > sharing (Windows doesn't have this problem with sharing IRQ's). > > > > Windows may not exibit the problem but that doesn't mean it isn't there. > > I'm sure civilme could expound more but this is a common misconception. All > > in not well in the windows world it just hides problems better. > > > > > /MattB > I actually get the impression that windows will install on systems with > hardware problems, where Linux will hard lock during the install process. > I've seen at least 2 systems where Linux won't install, like it's probing > hardware and finds a problem, but windows installs just fine. > So far, this is just a theory, but I know windows can do strange things as > far as recognizing hardware, and then when it misidentifies it, it uses it as > something else. > > Yes thats true, Windows can do alot of strange things. /MattB
