On Friday 28 January 2005 13:32, Basil Chupin wrote:
While I hear what you are saying, it is not a practical approach to computing.
Don't know why not.. I did it, without many problems
To carry the suggested idea further, every copy of SUSE, and Linux overall for that matter, should then carry a WARNING stating to check out one's system for compatability with Linux and not to waste your money buying Linux unless each and every hardware component is compatible with SUSE/Linux.
Why do you need a warning? It's kind of like having a sign that says "don't jump" on the golden state bridge. Most normal folks would say a sign like this is silly. Why? Because a normal person wouldn't jump. They'd get killed. And the guy that does jump and dies wanted it anyway. It's his family that will sue because there isn't/wasn't a sign. Wouldn't have mattered anyway, but that's not the point.
Do I see such a warning? No.
Will I ever see such a warning? No.
And I for one am glad..
The only time I ever saw such a WARNING was before XP was released where people were warned that it may not be compatible with some hardware. There was even a self-check available which pointed out any problems when the program was run. A similar warning I believe wil come with Longhorn.
Because M$ has their fingers in the hardware pot too. But hey, unless you absolutely need something in XP, or longhorn, there is no reason to upgrade everything. But M$ has everyone convinced that they need to upgrade. It's the American way. Gotta have the latest and greatest. One of these days I'm going to find out if my machine that is running my webserver on SUSE 8.1 will run something higher. But for now it runs just fine. Never misses a beat. Upgrade the machine, Naa. Too much trouble.
But why should there be a warning with Linux anyway when Linux is supposed to work even on la owly 486 computer which is now "decades" (in computer terms) old?
Because there have been changes made. FWIW, 9.2, will not run on one of my computers. I believe it's a bios problem, and there might be a fix out there. But it runs 9.0/9.1 just fine. I'll let it run those. If I had a 486, I seriously doubt I'd be trying to run the latest and greatest of anything including XP on it. Mike -- Powered by SuSE 9.2 Kernel 2.6.8 KDE 3.3.0 Kmail 1.7.1 For Mondo/Mindi backup support go to http://www.mikenjane.net/~mike 5:25pm up 6 days 0:33, 5 users, load average: 2.01, 2.13, 2.17