On Sunday 22 Feb 2004 11:57 am, xyzzy@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > On Sunday 22 February 2004 1:12 pm, Jos Vos wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 12:52:16PM +0200, xyzzy@xxxxxxxxxx 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. :-)
