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Dan Pop (Dan.Pop@mail.cern.ch) wrote:
: As I said, if you can't get Linux running on newer hardware, it's
: probably your fault.  Stick to Windows and problem solved.

I did not mean to imply that linux fails on all newer hardware and you are
correct that configuration errors are often the user's fault. I just
received a Micron Millenia 133 (ATI Mach 64) and briefly had the X server
complain about my mouse until I realized gpm was running. 

But on the VLB 486DX2-66 I upgraded from Tseng ET4000 to ATI Mach 64, X
crashes sometimes during initialization and sometimes when anything is
typed. I even reinstalled from scratch. I suspect this is a compatibility
problem not a configuration problem. If I am wrong and it is a
configuration problem then I will argue that the configuration tools
offered are not as capable as those accompanying other operating systems.
It looks like Win95, WinNT, and OS/2 (which all configure and run
correctly) are my only options for this 486 system. Too bad, I would have
liked to have had a linux option. Maybe I'll have better luck with a
future release of linux (the failed release is July 95 of Slackware). 

I don't think my situation is rare. The linux help newsgroup is filled
with the same "My CD doesn't work", "My video doesn't work", etc...
problems found in the other OS help newsgroups. I just think the other OSs
are making faster progress in this area. 

We have a fundamental disagreement. My impression is that you think linux
is fine the way it is. I think it needs some work. It is unlikely that we
will convince eachother and this conversation is starting to get
redundant. It should be ended (unless you have a suggestion on how to get
X to work on the 486 in question :-)). Thank you for your input. 

Tony
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Tony Tribelli
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