Re: Is This Group comp.os.linux.advocacy a joke?

From: ray (ray_at_zianet.com)
Date: 02/03/05 

Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 10:08:59 -0700

On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 21:40:05 -0500, Richard Edom wrote:

> I use Linux as well as OSX and WIndows XP as well and quite frankly I
> don't have any of the experiences to tell like the people in this group.
> I mean Fedora works but it has not ben easy trying to make it work with
> all my hardware, my printer, an HP in particular.
> Don't even ask about my iPOD or scanner.
> USB devices, semi success.

I've installed an Apollo P2200 (HP's discount brand a few years ago) and
a Brother laser printer with no difficulty at all - when I added the
Brother on one machine of my three node network, CUPS automatically
installed it on the other two. I've been using Epson USB scanners with no
difficulty for about three years. I'm currently running Mandrake 10.1OE
on two computers and Gentoo (stage one install) on my mini-itx box.

>
>
> I tried Linux on a 533mhz system with 384mg RAM and it ran like ***. I
> see people posting messages saying they are burning cd's and viewing
> videos at the same time without any impact and I have to wonder about
> the sincerity of these posts because nobody at my Linux user group can
> do any of this stuff and they make jokes about COLA.

It was not Linux that ran like ***. If it was too slow for you, your
problem was the choice of desktop - KDE and Gnome are a little slow on
equipment that slow (although I don't really find it objectionable on my
old Compaq with 533mhz K6). Have you tried one of the 'lighter' desktops -
like xfce or fluxbox? You'll find it's a lot faster. I installed 'Damn
Small Linux' with fluxbox on a 233mhz P2 recently and it's not too bad.
This machine is being used at a local library for accessing the online
card catalog, and not much else.

>
> Is this group indeed 100 percent full of ***? A noob wants to know
> because my experiences with Linux and the experiences of others I talk
> to in no way match what I see here. I'm not saying people here are
> lying, but honestly, I have not met a person who can do what some people
> claim they can do with way underpowered machines.
>
>
> *** Edom

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