Re: [Nolug] Comparative OS Stability

From: Craig Jackson <craig.jackson_at_wild.net>
Date: 23 Apr 2003 07:00:59 -0500
Message-Id: <1051099259.10507.7.camel@rhino.wild.net>

On Wed, 2003-04-23 at 01:42, Ron Johnson wrote:
> Cement, on the other hand, is
> > everywhere because it actually works, unlike Windoze.
>
> Speaking from experience?
>
> > User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win 9x 4.90; en-US; rv:1.1)
> > Gecko/20020826
>
> And I must say that I've been using Win2k WorkStation for ~ a year and
> have found it very stable, even under heavy memory loads. Still doesn't
> hold a candle to Linux, though, because of need for reboots during s/w
> install, and the separation of the OS from the GUI.

Yes, W2k is fairly stable until it's hit with heavy Photoshop/Pagemaker
or other such memory intensive work. Then it chokes.

> This is why I don't understand the desire for DRI/frame buffer. When
> "regular" X hangs, I Ctrl-Break and restart X, but when using the fb,
> one must reboot the box.
>
> What, then, is the benefit of using the fb?
>

>

-- 
Craig Jackson
Wildnet Group L.L.C.
103 North Park, Suite 110
Covington, Louisiana 70433
985 875 9453
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