Its ral simple, linux wants to run on high quality hardware. High quality OS wants high quality hardware, makes sence to me. "Jose M. Sanchez" wrote: > Not only true but documented in most of the Linux docs. > > There are many references to the fact that Linux taxes the system more than > Windows does. As a result even small problems quickly surface. These > problems are not Linux's fault however. > > The payback is that once the problems are removed, you end up with a rock > solid system. > > The "It works fine under Windows" comment almost becomes laughable, > unfortunately. > > -JMS > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Pj > Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 12:18 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [expert] As a newbie :) > > Don, > > This may not be helpful but the one thing I discovered about Linux is that > if there is even a hint of hardware problems it does not install nicely and > it's a nightmare to configure. I didn't know I had an I/O problem or bad > memory as the problems were not consistent or persistent, but L-M knew it. > Every piece of software required a forced install. By the time the problems > were resolved I'd installed three new boards, 256 new memory and 4 new video > cards. It is amazing the difference in sys performance now. > > Pj > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: > Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
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