Posted by: Anonymous
[ip: 81.98.32.69]
on July 20, 2008 05:39 PM
Just wait a few years. It will break, don't worry. I dual boot Ubuntu and (the quite stable compared to Vista I hear) Windows XP. Windows XP gets a BSOD every few minutes. Linux only breaks when you break it. Also, you can do a lot of that on Linux:
1. Try another distribution, or if you don;t mind the effort, recompile the kernel with suspend to disk.
2. Again, power management is in Linux, so try another distribution or recompile with power management built in.
3. Docking station: I know there is an ACPI Dock option when compiling the kernel, so it might be built in too.
4. There are window managers that support multiple monitors, just look around.
5. 802.11n is a new standard. You can try experimental drivers (note that Linux hackers have higher standards than Microsoft(TM),
or maybe try a Windows driver wrapper.
6. I'm sure the Linux developers would be happy to add support if you tell them the specifications. Blame the manufacturer for not providing specifications/open source drivers.
In the meantime use a driver wrapper.
7. You obviously have never heard of GNUCash. Or if you're desperate, run it under Wine.
8. Mainly conceded, but there are (not excellent) games for Linux, as well as Wine/Cedega/CrossOver/Virtualisation to run games. And it happens to be
illegal to run business applications and games on the same computer. :)
Also, UAC is designed to annoy users. Microsoft even admitted that. In my opinion, I would rather enter my password than click through an avalanche of boxes without
reading them.
And are you actually saying you never got one crash in Vista? Not one hang or freeze? I'm surprised by the resilience of Linux. I found that even if one program fails,
then it will simply close. No having to go to task manager while the computer stalls.
I believe that the only crashes I got in Linux (Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy Heron") were all caused because of:
1. Proprietary modules.
2. Something other than the kernel.
3. Me.
What about Windows? Just wait. It's crashfree days are numbered.
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Re: Ubuntu hits new high in Linux boredom
Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 81.98.32.69] on July 20, 2008 05:39 PM1. Try another distribution, or if you don;t mind the effort, recompile the kernel with suspend to disk.
2. Again, power management is in Linux, so try another distribution or recompile with power management built in.
3. Docking station: I know there is an ACPI Dock option when compiling the kernel, so it might be built in too.
4. There are window managers that support multiple monitors, just look around.
5. 802.11n is a new standard. You can try experimental drivers (note that Linux hackers have higher standards than Microsoft(TM),
or maybe try a Windows driver wrapper.
6. I'm sure the Linux developers would be happy to add support if you tell them the specifications. Blame the manufacturer for not providing specifications/open source drivers.
In the meantime use a driver wrapper.
7. You obviously have never heard of GNUCash. Or if you're desperate, run it under Wine.
8. Mainly conceded, but there are (not excellent) games for Linux, as well as Wine/Cedega/CrossOver/Virtualisation to run games. And it happens to be
illegal to run business applications and games on the same computer. :)
Also, UAC is designed to annoy users. Microsoft even admitted that. In my opinion, I would rather enter my password than click through an avalanche of boxes without
reading them.
And are you actually saying you never got one crash in Vista? Not one hang or freeze? I'm surprised by the resilience of Linux. I found that even if one program fails,
then it will simply close. No having to go to task manager while the computer stalls.
I believe that the only crashes I got in Linux (Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy Heron") were all caused because of:
1. Proprietary modules.
2. Something other than the kernel.
3. Me.
What about Windows? Just wait. It's crashfree days are numbered.
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