On Tue, 2006-05-23 at 02:28 -0400, Doug McGarrett wrote:
Well, I don't know about that. I ran DOS, way back when, and I installed Windows 3.x and so on. And reinstalled it, etc.
First off, I meant 99% of PC consumers. Secondly, _pre-installed_ means _compatible_ hardware. You can't just throw Windows XP on just any set of hardware either! Especially not older hardware that doesn't have updated drivers. Anyone who supported Windows NT 3.1, 3.5, 3.51 and 4.0 during the Windows 95/98/SE era will tell you that Windows NT often had _less_ drivers than even Linux at times!
Butwe weren't all born yesterday. And I have to tell you all, that because of a Mail screw-up on the Linux machine, I am running a very reliable XP system here. I might be running Linux on this machine too, but it doesn't like to do email. I'm not going to try and fix it. It's Linux's fault, not mine.
I'd be interested in hearing what happened. Was it a hardware glitch?
I suppose I will reinstall 10.0 on the Linux machine, and hope that the mail problem there does not recur. From what I see on the list, 10.1 has more problems than fixes. I am tempted to go back to 8.1 on this machine, which I think could access email, IIRC. (Both machines off the same router, a Linksys.) If I weren't dedicated to making Linux work for me, I wouldn't be on this list. But, gee, it's hard. . . .
I wouldn't run Linux then, and you're running it for the _wrong_ reasons. I run Linux because it _easier_. Then again, I came from UNIX and not Windows. I do training and step #1 is to "de-program" people from how they think computers work, because it's only how Windows works. I can administer far more Linux desktops than Windows desktops, Linux servers than Windows servers, etc... -- 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