Giving up on Linux...

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    i have been using fedora as a desktop and its worked as advertised
.   i can do everything i did in windows plus a lot more . sounds like a
crank yanker bitching or as u say a troll . one you get fedora where you
want it ...leave it alone as far as messing with the files . i think num
nuts was running as root 


On Sun, 2004-02-22 at 09:28, xyzzy at hotpop.com wrote:

> On Sunday 22 February 2004 4:11 pm, Jeff Vian wrote:
> > xyzzy at hotpop.com wrote:
> > >On Sunday 22 February 2004 11:38 am, WipeOut wrote:
> > >>xyzzy at hotpop.com wrote:
> > >>>... for the foreseeable future on my home system.
> >
> > snip
> >
> > >>>I have real problems seeing how Linux is going to make it to the desktop
> > >>>by 2005 with these kinds of road-blocks.
> > >>>
> > >>>Sad.
> > >>
> > >>Obviously by the fact that you felt the need to post you message here
> > >>you are looking for some kind of confirmation about you decision.. The
> > >>people in this mailing list are all Linux users so I doubt you will get
> > >>any..
> > >
> > >No, I'm not looking for some kind of confirmation.  I am looking for a
> > > system that works, and Linux is not working for me.  What, are you saying
> > > that "Linux users" comprise some sort of religion?
> > >
> > >I use Linux at work... I am a kernel hacker at work.  That is my job. 
> > > Redhat 9 works for me at work because the motherboard is not completely
> > > state of the art.
> > >
> > >I am not looking for any sort of consensus or support for my "decision". 
> > > I would rather that Linux worked for me. It doesn't and THAT is what I am
> > > bothered by.  It seems that all of the problems with SMP systems locking
> > > up are not being addressed... where are the fixes for the bugs in
> > > BugZilla? Where is the vaunted Open Source community in all of this?
> >
> > The Open Source Community includes YOU.
> >
> > If you have specific complaints about functionality or desired features,
> > and you fail to voice those problems via bugzilla or the forum/mailing
> > lists then you by default are accepting things as they are.
> 
> Well, these particular issues (SMP system lockup, etc...) are all over 
> Bugzilla with nary a fix in sight after quite a long time.  I also HAVE 
> posted here with my problem and got redirected to these same bug reports.
> 
> >
> > I agree with the earlier poster who said you are simply looking for
> > confirmation on your decision.
> 
> If I was merely looking for confirmation for my decision I wouldn't have 
> opened myself up to a flame war by posting something like this to a Linux 
> group, now would I?
> 
> >
> > I, for one, would rather put up with things that are not exactly right
> > and tell people what changes I would like, than have to put up with an
> > OS that limits me to doing what the vendor wants me to do, and makes me
> > subject to the vendors idea of what I want.
> 
> Again, so would I... but this presupposes that I can get that "liberating" OS 
> to even work on my hardware.
> 
> >
> > >>As you said you "have a lot of computer experience" so all I will say is
> > >>enjoy the viruses and worms, the BSOD's, the reinstalls when the
> > >>registry get full of crap, the annual licencing, the having to register
> > >>you products with MS and then having to call them up when you have to
> > >>reinstall, the locking down you freedom to save the files you want
> > >>without being hit by DRM systems and the freedom in general to have the
> > >>ability to rebuild the system as you want it not to be forced into their
> > >>meida player, web browser and MSN services..
> > >
> > >I agree with all of this which is why I wanted to put Linux on my home
> > >desktop.
> > >
> > >However, even with all of M$ garbage, the bottom line is that their
> > > garbage works on my system and Linux does not.
> 
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