Re: Microsoft tries to polish a turd

On Tue, 5 Aug 2008 17:26:44 -0400, krw <krw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In article <vlqf94h19ir5jcmurddm9as8sdq3vsgqpn@xxxxxxx>,
quiettechblue@xxxxxxxxx says...
On Sun, 3 Aug 2008 19:41:44 -0400, krw <krw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In article <48pb949b553rahfdhtpu82kk535u8ljb13@xxxxxxx>,
quiettechblue@xxxxxxxxx says...
On Sun, 3 Aug 2008 10:09:22 -0400, krw <krw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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It will work with Linux. Unfortunately my WLAN hardware is not recognised
when test-booting from a Knoppix CD so there will be work to be done here.

I intend on trying that, though I'm not too optimistic that the
Linux will find enough of my hardware to make it useful. I've given
up (at least temporarily) trying to get Linux to work on my desktop,
and that should have been a piece of cake.

Just for curiosity, what is the desktop hardware configuration? (MOBO,
CPU, RAM size, optional stuff like video, audio, etc.,)

Tyan K8W (S-2875S), Opteron, 3GB, Matrox G550 (all the rest of the
stuff is integrated), two monitors (one DVI, one VGA). SuSE refuses
to deal with the second monitor and a few other issues and forget
Ubuntu. I can't get past the live CD. Installing is no help.

I was running SuSE 9.0 on it for a year or so, but gave up on 10.0
and never went back.

How strange, but maybe not. Suse 10.0 and 10.1 were a bit flaky. Try
10.3, it is real nice IME.

I got totally disgusted at SuSE's arrogance and finger-pointing
that I shelved the whole thing. The hardware has been sitting idle
for a year, except for the Ubuntu attempt.

Handles my A64-X2 dual core nicely and is
very clean. Radeon X2600 and 22 inch 19:10 flat panel as well.

I'm pretty sure all the problems with SuSE are due to the graphics
card. Apparently, SuSE and Matrox have been in a pissing contest
for years.

Actually Matrox and the entire FOSS community (including OpenSolaris
and various BSD and OpenVMS) have had a pissing contest for years.
Take a look at Matrox market share, 3D performance and pricing over
some years while you are at it.


10/100/1000 Ethernet, high d 7.2 sound on MOBO. Getting XP running
was ten times the hassle, mostly over sound.

Never tried XP on the hardware. Windows wasn't the point of the
exercise and licenses aren't free.
.

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