On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Dinesh A. Joshi <[email protected]> wrote: >> When everybody elses hardware works and yours doesnt, It means flaky >> hardware. >>
Yes, you will probably have a clue about how this works when you get into how exactly some hardware work (or don't). Recently I came across an issue where a certain DVD drive lies about the type of disk it has and we had to hack in a fix for it. That in my opinion is flaky hardware, not a driver issue per say. Why do such hacks take time to come into Debian sid? I suspect its because of their QA process, which is quite exhaustive. If you want such bleeding edge support then try experimental -- it'll be just about as stable as a Fedora. > ROTFLMAO... The sheer *arrogance* disgusts me :) Search for Jmicron, > Debian, Intel DG 965 RY motherboard. > >> You were glorifying BSD with one piece of logic while pulling down >> sarge with the same. And I was talking SPECIFICALLY about stability. >> > Thats what you were doing in the first place. And as I said, Stability > is a relative term. > No. Stability implies less susceptibility to crashes/downtime. What you're talking about is compatibility. Get your terminology right. -- Siddhesh Poyarekar http://siddhesh.in -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
