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:cnews: Linux: Are We There Yet?
cnews: Linux: Are We There Yet?
May 11, 2005, 01 :00 UTC (34 Talkback[s]) (8643 reads)
(Other stories by Greg Michetti)

"When something goes wrong on our personal computer and Windows XP hangs up and forces a reboot, every single one of us, at one time or another has cursed Bill Gates and the gang at Microsoft.

"Now if you are running a flavor of Linux and it encounters a problem that results in a crash, how many of us actually curse Linux? And with the possible exception of Linus Torvalds, just who CAN we yell at? For the record, crashes DO happen in Linux..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
Linux crashes?. Since when, What crash, ...   Crash on install   
greg&stevens
May 11, 2005, 01:29:52  
A casserole of old FUD ingredients, all ...   Ho. Hum.   
Doug Bostrom
May 11, 2005, 01:43:07  
My machine crashes, predictably so. Howe ...   Mine crashes.   
Bob Robertson
May 11, 2005, 01:45:36  
Read the article, see the FUD.How can an ...   FUD campaign continues   
Bob Robertson
May 11, 2005, 01:55:05  
Summarized from what Greg Michetti wrote ...   Linux: Are we there yet?   
Codifex Maximus
May 11, 2005, 02:33:56  
You've got to be kidding!.Just where ...   Standards-based config files?   
Richard N. Turner
May 11, 2005, 02:35:40  
Why do these crappy pages never have a t ...   Are they there yet!   
Philip Marsh
May 11, 2005, 02:39:12  
>>When something goes wrong ... has curs ...   FUD article, I demolish it point by point.   
Jimmy the Geek
May 11, 2005, 02:58:34  
Computing is more of a jouney than a des ...   Follow the yellow brick road.   
MikeFM
May 11, 2005, 03:01:49  
I've seen a lot of people spouting n ...   Crashes   
DanielB
May 11, 2005, 03:15:56  
cnews.canoe.ca canoe network +++ cnews O ...   From a site called "canoe network"?   
Brandioch Conner
May 11, 2005, 03:37:04  
> My machine crashes, predictably so. Ho ...   Re: Mine crashes.   
Rudy Young
May 11, 2005, 03:42:09  
That I have to say. I provide GNU/Linux ...   There are a few things   
Khan Md Ashraf
May 11, 2005, 03:46:06  
> cnews.canoe.ca>canoe network +++ cnews ...   Re: From a site called   
DDahl
May 11, 2005, 06:45:21  
> Luckily, the kernel developers are usu ...   Re: Crashes   
Cassandra
May 11, 2005, 07:58:26  
Mine crashes too. I've got Suse 9.3 ...   Re: Mine Crashes   
Jason
May 11, 2005, 09:17:18  
Sure Windows crashes. I find that its ma ...   Third party software   
Bill Bixby
May 11, 2005, 09:30:08  
It does, and moreover it's ALWAYS th ...   Re: Crashes   
Ookaze BioACobol
May 11, 2005, 10:19:19  
Now if you are running a flavor of Linux ...   When or If   
Ken Jennings
May 11, 2005, 10:24:33  
I've not had a complete Linux crash ...   Crash-free here   
Alastair
May 11, 2005, 11:19:22  
1) It isn't free and it isn't in ...   Questionable   
Uno Engborg
May 11, 2005, 13:37:40  
> I had this problem on several machines ...   Re: Re: Mine crashes.   
Bob Robertson
May 11, 2005, 13:46:06  
> Mine crashes too. I've got Suse 9. ...   Re: Re: Mine Crashes   
Scott Marlowe
May 11, 2005, 14:43:21  
> Sure Windows crashes. I find that its ...   Re: Third party software   
Scott Marlowe
May 11, 2005, 14:48:17  
> My machine crashes, predictably so. Ho ...   Re: Mine crashes.   
Alex Chejlyk
May 11, 2005, 16:00:17  
Reliably touch down at LT a few hours af ...   Astronauts   
Doug Bostrom
May 11, 2005, 16:02:39  
The kid who wrote this is obviously a ne ...   Poor 'Jounralists'   
Nicholas Donovan
May 11, 2005, 17:26:14  
Linux can crash sometimes. It's a go ...   crash   
unknown
May 11, 2005, 18:26:47  
I have mis-installed hardware, recompile ...   I never crashed the kernel...   
Tim Dion
May 11, 2005, 19:10:11  
My machine just crashed 10 minutes ago, ...   Re: crash   
Rudy Young
May 11, 2005, 20:46:57  
I reflected on the animated and well tho ...   Comment on a 'friendly put down' article   
Ciaran Mulloy
May 11, 2005, 22:49:14  
> It does, and moreover it's ALWAYS ...   Re: Re: Crashes   
DanielB
May 11, 2005, 23:33:01  
I know this piece is pure FUD, and I sho ...   Remote Access   
dumbkiwi
May 12, 2005, 02:07:20  
It's highly unlikely you'll see ...   When your job is kissing Bill's Ass   
Curt Wuollet
May 12, 2005, 02:57:25  
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