On Tue, 2006-05-23 at 15:11 -0400, Doug McGarrett wrote:
As I mentioned, I believe that an earlier version worked on this machine. I guess that 10.0 is not compatible with the Ethernet port on this ASUS P4PE mobo.
And you couldn't throw in another NIC until a kernel update fixed that? That's what I have to do on _Windows_ servers sometimes! ;-> [ BTW, the ".0" is typically revisioned for such a reason. ;-]
I run it because I don't want to be enslaved to M/S.
_Wrong_ reason! Dead _wrong_! There is nothing more distracting than users who are pulling themselves along with Linux, bitching all the way. People use _applications_, _not_ OSes. You can run Windows, and then run 100% open source on Windows. You can use your "superstore" hardware without most issues. You can have a familiar desktop, experience, etc... All while creating 100% of your data in _open_ formats. Activation? Get over it. It's not that bad. Sorry, but true. It's a $100 product (essentially $25 if you got it from a tier-1 PC OEM). If it does the job, then it's worth $100. Again, read my blog -- it talks about what that $100 buys you.
With the exception of the infamous Registry, Linux looks and works more like Windows with every new release.
I disagree entirely! It's still good'ole UNIX/POSIX-SUSE, GNU/Linux and X11/GLX!
(I speak for KDE only--Gnome is ugly, AFAIC, and I don't want it. If SuSE forces Gnome on its customers, I will look elsewhere.)
Umm, last time I checked, KDE was far more like Windows than GNOME. GNOME is a _real_ network object system using CORBA. And Mono developments are building a _real_ .NET system, _unlike_ Vista/Longhorn itself (which is still the bastard we know as Win32, _not_ .NET).
I have no doubt that Linux is easier to someone who came from UNIX. Apparently CPM was easier to someone who came from UNIX--I had my problems with it, and had to find an old UNIX hand to write my printer driver. But other than that, it was do-able.
Sigh. Windows is more like CP/M than UNIX. -- Bryan J. Smith Professional, technical annoyance mailto:b.j.smith@ieee.org http://thebs413.blogspot.com ----------------------------------------------------------- Americans don't get upset because citizens in some foreign nations can burn the American flag -- Americans get upset because citizens in those same nations can't burn their own