At 09:11 AM 5/23/2006 -0400, Bryan J. Smith wrote: /snip/
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?
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.
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 it because I don't want to be enslaved to M/S. So far, I'm not, but I suspect that the next version of Windows will require some kind of subscription, and I would consider that enslavement. OTOH, if everything I want to use runs on XP, there will be no reason for the next version. But there is certain to be some "killer ap" that will require the next version. Also, some day this machine will die, and I will be forced to buy a new one, which will _only_ come with the next Windows, or perhaps, nothing.
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.
/snip/ With the exception of the infamous Registry, Linux looks and works more like Windows with every new release. (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.)
Bryan J. Smith Professional, technical annoyance mailto:b.j.smith@ieee.org http://thebs413.blogspot.com ----------------------------------------------------------- /snip/
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. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.7.0/346 - Release Date: 5/23/2006