Re: Linux vs Blue Screen of Death

[John Bridleman <jbridleman@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 02:47 PM 4/6/00 -0400, you wrote:

I had a bad video driver on a Windows95 machine this morning. I updated the 
Dial-Up Networking and when I had to reboot it came up with a "Windows 
Protection Error. Please reboot the computer". Switching to a standard VGA 
driver allowed it to boot.

When those things happen it's a great lead in for discussing Linux! I've 
been able to demo Linux numerous times because of the BSOD!

>One problem (not the only one :)  is the way NT handles video drivers.
>If you get a bad video driver (written by the OEM?) the OS crashes.
>
>If you get a bad video driver on Linux, X windows crashes, not the OS.
>
>I've seen many of an NT box become more stable by replacing the video
>card by a different, better supported, video card.
>
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>Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
>System Administrator / Network Administrator
>Armstrong International, Inc.
>Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
>http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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