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From: evan@telly.telly.org (Evan Leibovitch)
Subject: Re: Trying to research UNIX OS
Message-ID: <Dp9ouy.7qK@telly.telly.org>
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 03:40:09 GMT
References: <Dp1KLC.398@nvc.cc.ca.us> <4jos5c$7in@gjallar.daimi.aau.dk> <4jsi80$rqr@wolfe.wimsey.com>
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In article <4jsi80$rqr@wolfe.wimsey.com>,
Danny Aldham <aldham@vanbc.wimsey.com> wrote:
>:Our SCO OS 5 crashes every day so my advice is to take a look at other
>:systems before diciding to change from Linux.
>:My intention was to go the other way and try Linux instead of SCO.
>Really? My Linux box crashes everytime I try to run X, with a Trident
>video card.
EMMV (Everyone's mileage may vary).
I've had stable SCO, UnixWare and Linux boxes, and I've also has some
of all ilk that crash under this or that particular combination.
With Linux, things are a little touch-and-go, since you have to be
careful to use one of the 'officially-stable' kernels (ie 1.2.X).
Anything else is glorified beta testing without having to sign anything.
Each has its strengths. Each has its weaknesses. Different solutions
will excel for different problems. They key is flexibility.
>Same box has _Never_ crashed with SCO.
>I would suggest that I am doing something wrong in Linux, and You
>are doing something wrong with SCO.
Or not. No vendor or user community has stress tested every possible
combination.
--
Evan Leibovitch, Sound Software Ltd., located in beautiful Brampton, Ontario
Caldera Business Partner / SCO Authorized VAR / evan@telly.org / (905) 452-0504
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