Re: Linux in the LOCAL news.

["jeff" <somedamnfool@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

i think there are hardware issues with that box actually. but maybe not....
runs suse 7....
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bryan J. Smith" <b.j.smith@ieee.org>
To: <members@kalamazoolinux.org>
Sent: Friday, 11 May, 2001 11:49 PM
Subject: Re: Linux in the LOCAL news.


> jeff wrote:
> > yeah... we wont talk about windows installs when the get
> > obnoxious... (been fighting with w2k on a machine that
> > realllllllly doesn't want it all day)
>
> Most people have never installed Windows from scratch.  I have seen
> many "Linux reviews" that said they could not get Linux to install
> because "it would not autolaunch when I put the CD in".  Worse yet,
> those who actually knew they needed to boot the CD outside of
> Windows couldn't figure out how to get the CD first and then blamed
> that on Linux!
>
> What I really like about Linux is the fact that new relesaes come
> out every 3-6 months, so you have the latest drivers.  With Windows,
> I have to worry about tracking down all the latest drivers everytime
> I install (or reinstall ;-).  With Linux, I just grab the latest
> release and have drivers for nearly all my hardware (except for the
> Win9x-only stuff, which I can only assume is what problems you are
> having?).
>
> -- TheBS
>
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