Re: Linux...Great if you have tons of free time and a tolerance forunstable APPLICATIONS.

From: Ð¥ñöMû++ (mekamutt_at_blewfalcun.net)
Date: 06/23/05 

Date: 22 Jun 2005 22:18:40 GMT

win_not_lin <user@example.net> wrote in
<3hu3tvFim3eaU1@individual.net>:

>JDS wrote:
>> On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 13:07:18 +0100, win_not_lin wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Wow - Linux is so easy to use! To find out if your i845 is supported
in
>>>X11, all you gotta do is search old Redhat mailing lists and grep
the
>>>kernel source!
>>>
>>>Do you have any idea how bad Linux looks when you come back with
answers
>>>like this?
>>
>>
>> That is absurd, you retarded troll. The point is that any new
distro
>> will work with i8xx Intel chipsets. You don't actually have to do
*any*
>> research, just stick a current (as in, within last two years) distro
in
>> and it will work.
>
>Like, say, Mandrake 10.0 which falls all over the i845 during setup
and
>forces you to install in text mode? Your idea of "just works" must be
>really different from mine.
>
Theres a ton of different distros out there. Just type your computers
model and make + "linux" into a search engine and you'll get some ideas
on what others have had success with.

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