Windows ME was truly Microsoft's *worst* operating system. Kindest Regards, Ashley (aka ze0).
|----------------------------------------------------------| | Ashley Reynolds (aka ze0) [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | http://www.botepidemic.com Ph: +61 404 140 163 | | | | Registered Linux User: #254073 | |----------------------------------------------------------| On Mon, 7 Jan 2002, Gary A. Garibaldi wrote: > I installed Mandrake 8.1 in about 45 minutes since it became available and if > I wouldn't have moved this pass week it would have been up for over 3 months > with out a hitch. I can't say the same about WinME. I spent 12 hours > yesterday with my son-inlaw getting his system reinstalled because of > multi-virui. I had multiple problems with sound and modem, and only after > searching the internet I found the drivers and was able to get the basic > system installed. Today he is installing all the other programs that he uses. > > Gary > > On Monday 07 January 2002 16:06 pm, you wrote: > > Marc wrote: > > > Unstable?? Are you kidding? > > > > > > My windows installation had all kinds of problem not recoqnicing > > > hardware, conflicting irq etc etc. MDK 8.1 runs very smooth without any > > > prblem at all. So MDK 8.1 is very stable. > > > > > > > > > marc > > > > > > On Monday 07 January 2002 06:59 pm, you wrote: > > >>On Mon, 7 Jan 2002, Davor Cengija wrote: > > >>> I'm having a really hard time with this new 8.1 > > >>> distribution. It is very unstable and unpredictable (something > > >>> I wouldn't expect from Mandrake Linux). Anyone experienced > > >>> similar problems, say: > > >>> > > >>>- kicker dies without obvious reason > > >>>- konqueror segfaults with libstdc++ errors in debug stack trace > > >>>- the X server freezes while the rest of the system works fine (say, > > >>> internet connection). However, mouse and keyboard are dead (since > > >>> they're controlled by X, of course) > > >>>- xemacs segfaults with different errors, in different states > > >>> > > >>> There are some other problems as well. I'll skip pasting stack > > >>> traces, etc for now. > > >>> > > >>> The strange thing is that everything works just fine after > > >>> reboot (like in windows :-). So, I'd say that either kernel or > > >>> some standard lib (glibc, libstdc++ or whatever) is > > >>> broken. Sometimes one error in say konqueror is followed by > > >>> xemacs' segfault. > > >> > > >>Check your hardware. This sounds suspiciously like a failing CPU or case > > >>fan. I've been running 8.1 for about two months now and it has been > > >>solid. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > Are you using standard KDE from mandrake or the souped-up version that > > does fast loads? It sounds suspiciously like you have one of the > > sensitive systems and you tried the second option. > > > > I have one 8.1 installation that would have four months uptime except > > that I had to move its location from room to room and shut it down for > > that purpose. The only things giving me trouble are mozilla and > > Aethera, which have to be killed periodically, Others with some > > interesting video cards or with video vs NIC IRQ conflicts have reported > > some problems, but rarely. One of the nice things about this distro is > > that you can set PnP BIOS to yes with most machines, but you had better > > set ACPI to "No" > > > > Civileme > >
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