Well stated, Ed. I too appreciate the stable platform, but the apps are sometimes a different story. I installed Linux for the express purpose of getting more experience on the nitty-gritty end of things... =) - Av - -- Av Pinzur / Crisp Graphics [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.crispgraphics.com/~newav > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of R. Edward McCain > Sent: Sunday, 03 December, 2000 22:27 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux > > > On Sun, 03 Dec 2000, you wrote: > > > You are right, of course, Linux is a paradise for coders and > programmers, > > but beyond that truth is another, even bigger truth. That is > that Linux is > > incredibly stable and powerful as a home PC platform as well as a > > dependable business workstation platform > > Er, I've managed to crash the entire platform twice and wreak havoc on > numerous apps just by playing around in my account (NOT as root) > > Example: > kde control center > look and feel > screensaver > kswarm > setup > move the 'number of bees' slider to 0 > this causes the application to 'crash' > > Others are less reproducable, but I can cause Kmail to crash by > grabbing a > email that I cc'ed to myself, replying to it and changing the > subject line > and body - or something like that. I was being silly and I crashed kmail > twice before I got the hint. > > True, my account didn't terminate on those occasions, but what's a stable > platform without stable applications? > > -- > > Yours, > > R. Edward McCain > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > icq: 599146 > Registered Linux User #196613 > >
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