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Post #260,482
by pwhysall
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6/30/06 8:58:35 AM
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New In fact, I think that X is now less stable than Windows.
While the underlying OS might be more robust (and I don't seriously think there's much in it between Windows, Linux, the *BSDs and OS X these days), if your display driver crashes, the operating system might as well have crashed. Xorg is teething at the moment.

A shit ATI driver (supplied by ATI) was the cause of some serious instability in my Vista installation. The kernel never blinked, but as far as I was concerned, it was titsup.com.

Of course, none of the aforementioned "operating systems" hold a candle to Proper Software like OS/400 and OpenVMS when it comes to "not falling apart at critical moments".

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Post #260,527
by Ashton
7/1/06 12:35:25 AM
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New Avidly seeking AS400
A good deal on an old small one + OS, of the silent type -
A useable browser - modest video card support; sound nice but optional.
A simple POP mail client; requisite comm.

Will trade copies of 1900s cornet solos for once=final installation labor -
(Modern copies of Nakariakov solos - for maintenance recipes in English, too.)
I won't need to know about booting options - it can sit in closet for years w/UPS.


Yes, I know it can run n-instances of *nix and others. Begs the issue.
What ... it can't do the above, native? Yet??


Ashton

..just lookin fer loopholes son; lookin fer loopholes
-- WCF
     Astroturf in 3...2...1... - (pwhysall) - (22) - June 28, 2006, 07:03:05 AM EDT
         Perhaps he's just trying to be "balanced". - (Another Scott) - (21) - June 28, 2006, 07:40:16 AM EDT
             My own list - (andread) - (20) - June 28, 2006, 09:50:46 AM EDT
                 Re: My own list - (pwhysall) - (19) - June 28, 2006, 12:22:23 PM EDT
                     Hot Damn, I've been waiting for the release of Vista. - (folkert) - (14) - June 28, 2006, 01:26:54 PM EDT
                         MS innovating Mahjong? Nope, - (tonytib) - (13) - June 29, 2006, 12:54:54 PM EDT
                             NO.... NO, NO. - (folkert) - (11) - June 29, 2006, 05:31:20 PM EDT
                                 YES, NO. - (imric) - (10) - June 29, 2006, 05:50:04 PM EDT
                                     Americans REALLY don't get sarcasm, huh? - (ben_tilly) - (4) - June 29, 2006, 05:51:32 PM EDT
                                         There are some stimuli I cannot resist... - (imric) - (3) - June 29, 2006, 05:54:44 PM EDT
                                             Note to self: make OS 2 = NT jokes this weekend. :-P -NT - (ben_tilly) - (2) - June 29, 2006, 06:06:01 PM EDT
                                                 Ah. De-sensitivity training! -NT - (imric) - June 29, 2006, 06:14:07 PM EDT
                                                 And I'll try not to laugh my head off. ;-) -NT - (n3jja) - June 29, 2006, 07:07:32 PM EDT
                                     Windows hasn't been crashy since 2000. -NT - (pwhysall) - (4) - June 29, 2006, 11:10:51 PM EDT
                                         Define "crashy". - (Another Scott) - (3) - June 29, 2006, 11:40:16 PM EDT
                                             Peter's right - (Silverlock) - June 30, 2006, 07:37:20 AM EDT
                                             In fact, I think that X is now less stable than Windows. - (pwhysall) - (1) - June 30, 2006, 08:58:35 AM EDT
                                                 Avidly seeking AS400 - (Ashton) - July 1, 2006, 12:35:25 AM EDT
                             I created a custom tile set - (SpiceWare) - June 30, 2006, 11:46:00 AM EDT
                     Fscking Mahjongg is addictive! - (jb4) - (3) - July 6, 2006, 05:46:26 PM EDT
                         And illegal in 34 states! -NT - (admin) - July 6, 2006, 05:55:46 PM EDT
                         It's hard to beat Kyodai. - (Another Scott) - July 6, 2006, 06:48:24 PM EDT
                         Real mahjong, with actual tiles . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - July 6, 2006, 10:33:55 PM EDT

55 orders of magnitude bigger than it should be.
80 ms