Hmmmm, I hear all the time about people having problems
with setting up hardware, and hardware that has no support
in Linux, but almost NEVER do I hear about Linux instability
on good hardware.
In fact I had an old system consisting of an Oktec Rhino9 board
with a cyrix M2 P200mmx that used to crash all the time in
winblows95 that worked perfectly for about 6 months on Linux
before it finally bit the dust (overclocked Cyrixes dont last long..)
The only real hardware incompatibility that caused me freezes/lockups
and problems installing in Mandrake 6.02 was my old S3 Virge card.
I managed to get it running reasonably well but in the end slipped
an old Matrox in instead and never looked back.
Just my 3 cents worth.....
Michael Perry.
R&D. Dep. Netafim Magal.
<<<<Linux -- the Ultimate Windows Service Pack>>>>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen F. Bosch [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Mon 10 April 2000 7:45
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat
> Windowshandsdownon stability!!
>
> paul haine wrote:
> >
> > Funny how when Windows doesn't work it's Windows fault, but when Linux
> > doesn't work it MUST be the hardware.
>
> *groan*
>
> If it bothers you, then be my guest, and dump Linux. Nobody's forcing
> you to use it.
>
> I have no irrational allegiance to any OS. I use Linux because it works,
> and shun Windows because it doesn't.
>
> -Stephen-
