On Sun, 09 Apr 2000, paul haine mewed:
> > > OK..I didn't expect an easy ride..but I thought I'd have enough
> > > PC savvy to
> > > get through this..
> > >
> > > Linux is driving me crazy!!
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > > I want to make it work..but it is becoming a pain in the ass!!
> > >
> > > Sorry, I just had to shout at someone!!
> >
> > I understand completely...I've been trying to get various flavours of Linux
> > to run on my machine for about half a year now - Redhat 5.2, 6.1, Suse
> > 6.something, and Mandrake 7 is the first that's actually managed to make it
> > to the end of the installation. And still, I get freezes, crashes - at least
> > with Windows you sometimes get a chance to recover, but with Linux it just
> > stops working, kaput.
> >
> > With this plus all the hassle having to configure every little detail
> > yourself, I think Linux for me is just going to remain a toy OS for the
> > forseeable future...
It sounds like you are both having hardware problems. Linux *is* stable
-- unless there are inconsistencies in the hardware.
Let's start by having you both catalogue what hardware you have
installed and telling us how old it is.
-Stephen-
