On Mon, 5 Jun 2006, Lee Revell wrote: > On Mon, 2006-06-05 at 23:54 +0100, Stephen Mollett wrote: >> I may not object to compiling my own software but I have seen countless >> disgruntled users who have tried Linux after seeing me using it with apparent >> ease then given up in disgust a few weeks (or even a few hours) later when >> they can't get basic functionality to work properly or at all. They then pop >> in a Windows CD and have a fully-working system in an hour or so. The worst >> of this is that they then spread the word to all their friends that Linux is >> a waste of time for "normal" people - which doesn't exactly do the "cause" >> much good. (It does, however, boost my reputation as some kind of IT >> planet-brain... I'm not sure whether that's a good thing or not, given that >> it raises expectations at "point of delivery".) > > This isn't a Linux problem, you picked a bad distro. Try Ubuntu or > something. > > I don't understand why something called "Mandrake 2006" would use a > kernel released almost a year ago.
Because Mandrake 2006 was released almost a year ago. (well, 9 months ago and frozen before that). > > Lee > > > > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-user mailing list > Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user > -- William G. Unruh | Canadian Institute for| Tel: +1(604)822-3273 Physics&Astronomy | Advanced Research | Fax: +1(604)822-5324 UBC, Vancouver,BC | Program in Cosmology | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Canada V6T 1Z1 | and Gravity | www.theory.physics.ubc.ca/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
