On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 18:50:25 -0400 Jack Gates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tuesday 02 May 2006 13:49, Lobo wrote: > > I've been building PCs for ten years. I've tried Knoppix, Fedora, > > Slackware, Debian and several other distros. As long as you pick > > your hardware around Linux, you might be okay. However, if you want > > to install Linux on a machine you already own and/or have specific > > hardware needs, you're usually out of luck. If the Linux driver > > doesn't exist, it doesn't exist, and no amount of wishful thinking > > can change that. > > > > I am getting in on this one late. > > I have been using and building computers for about 15 years. I used > M$ for about eleven years and have been using Linux for 5 years. > There was a year that I ran both M$ and Mandrake Linux. I have been > running M$ free with Fedora Core for 4 years. I am currently on > Fedora Core 5 and all my hardware just works, even my 14 year old HP > LaserJet 5L printer. I have several boxes running in my home office > and they all run on Linux. I don't have freezeups or crashes. I > also don't boot very often. The other responses to your BS is the > same things I would say but they already did. > > You are wrong in nearly everything you said. > > I find your claims to be in contradiction to the truth. > > I hope the OP did not listen your FUD and went to Linux. > > -- > Jack Gates http://www.morningstarcom.net ditto --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
