On Sat, 2007-08-09 at 10:03 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: > > I've seen the same sort of problems with other distributions, as well as > > Windows. > > We have a lot of windows machines on all the same hardware as has broken > with fedora, and keep them all updated. I can't recall any of them ever > failing to boot after an update, at least in the post win2ksp2 era which > would be pretty close to the entire lifespan of fedora. Windows has its > problems, but binary device drivers aren't among them as far as working > for end users goes. Then you've had the luck of the draw, and I haven't. SP2 for Windows XP broke two installations on me, and several minor patches also caused problems for me on different machines. Moreover, on the install I did last week, I needed to hunt down drivers for the ethernet, sound, and video cards for Windows, while Linux on the same machine installed flawlessly. This is the first time in nine or ten months that I've had Windows in the house, and the experience was enough to make me regret giving into the family request that I install it. So, clearly, there is a whole range of experience. -- Bruce Byfield 604-421-7177 Burnaby, BC, Canada web: http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield blog: http://brucebyfield.wordpress.com/
