RE: FN-FORUM: Microcock / Linux / Ramblings of a fat man

date posted 20th August 2003 21:05

On Wed, 20 Aug 2003, Malcolm Apps wrote:

> One other thing I'd like to say here.
>
> In 4 years use of Gnome and Linux I've never, ever had the damned thing lock
> up on me.

I have, but only:

a) because I'm regularly playing around with strange new hardware...
b) ...including hardware 3D (which is still a little immature on Linux -
compared with SGI, say) and TV cards (which have some rather extreme
demands)
c) when a disc has gone bad whilst in use.
d) because I run on x86 hardware, for which the standards that exist aren't
always followed by all manufacturers. I'll happily admit that this
explains a proportion of Windows crashes too.
e) when I'm playing around with some software that isn't really ready for
prime-time yet. You don't have to, but with Linux you're able to
participate in the development so sometimes it's hard not to be tempted!

> Malcolm [EMAIL REMOVED]

Best Regards,
Alex.
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