Giving up on Linux...

[Peter Morris]

On Sunday 22 Feb 2004 11:57 am, xyzzy at hotpop.com wrote:
> On Sunday 22 February 2004 1:12 pm, Jos Vos wrote:
> > On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 12:52:16PM +0200, xyzzy at hotpop.com wrote:
> > > 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.
> >
> > Right, and state of the art MB's, notebooks etc. indeed do not always
> > (completely) work.  So, unfortunately, we as Linux users have to be
> > very careful when buying such hardware.  *Always* do some research
> > *before* buying HW.
>
> Thus, Linux stays as a hobbyist/hacker system for the desktop.


Nope, I do not know of ANY major corporation that uses bleeding edge kit
to support their business.

Servers are always at least 1-2 steps back from the edge.

You want stable, not really FAST...

Also, I am running an Intel dual pentium3 SMP system here, with no problems 
and uptime (at the moment) of about 43 days. That was when I transplanted it 
into a new case, and I think it was up for over 100 days before that.

My other box used to run w2k, but this was moved to a fedora Core1 box 
recently when I got sick of the worms... :-(

I am sorry that you have had problems, and I can understand your frustration.

You have stated that you do not need confirmation, or commiseration.

Just exactly what do you want?

Use what works for you. :-)