Does anything in Linux work *well* 1576

Mark Kent

Well, we use our computers for different things, that's all. So different performance aspects are important to us. I guess that's why they call them "general purpose" computers.

Did X crash on me? All I know is that Gnome crashed and took all my open apps with it.

I've never personally seen that happen with *any* OS I've run. That to me would indicate a hardware problem. I did have an issue with Win95 some years back with random BSODs that I traced to faulty memory so I know what that acts like.

Well if the machine is faulty then installing FC3 must have broken it because I had no problems like this with XP. Since I know that is impossible I have to buttume a process went haywire like you said.

Here's the deal. I have one set of problems with Gnome and I've read a few posts on the Redhat group that seems to confirm that Gnome is unstable. I have a different problem with KDE. Two DEs, two separate, distinct, and -- of course -- random, unpredictable, problems. It really doesn't "feel" like hardware to me. If it was, then I would get both of those problems in all of Gnome, KDE, and running XP as well.

let's see... don't do that, sorta do that with the up2date taskbar icon, don't have one, don't care cuz I don't understand half of what's in them, don't really know what that is, and haven't figured how to do them yet, etc. etc. :)

I've been trying to keep mine up all the time just to see how long I can go. So far about 3 days max before I have to reboot. Maybe it's just Fedora?

Also, I do a lot of work

Never for me.

No. I'm just saying that the only thing important to *me* right now is the user app. Obviously your situation is different, so a true BSOD has more implications for you. For me they are basically the same thing.

I'm not sure what the hardware implications would be from a reboot. I understand the principle that repeated thermal shock is bad, but I ran -- and you're gonna love this -- a Tandy 486 machine for about 10 years -- many, many upgrades -- starting and shutting down every day. I replaced it because it was just too darn slow, not because it broke. I think the thermal shock argument is a bit overstated.

We kind of went in different directions on this. I was thinking more in line with software-OS stability than physical hw life -- although I understand why you got that from my post. I was thinking more of all the manipulations involved with starting and stopping processes would expose the OS to more opportunities to whoopsie.

To be honest, I'm in the middle of a mid-life career change so until recently there has been very little that I've done with my home computer that could be called work (maybe balancing my checkbook). Even now "work" is defined as virtual college and the homework, term papers, etc. required for that.

It's kind of cool. Now I get to play on my computer and call it work. :)

Depends on how well insured you are and how attached you are to the furniture. :)

Stability isn't the issue. It's very stable in it's inability to do some of the things I can do in XP. But it's not a deal-breaker. The actual print quality is generally fine.

It's not an issue of speed. The free driver *only* supports data transfer at 14.4. In order to get the driver that can issue the appropriate commands to use it for fax and voice I have to pay (it also allows faster data transfer, but I don't care cuz I'm on broadband). Now $15 isn't a big deal, but in truth I don't really use the fax functions *that* much. And I found a neat OS telephony (dial out, answering machine, etc.) app but it's not clear if it will work with my modem even if I get the driver. And I'm not sure how to find out.

It is!! :)

That's what I was thinking. Probably want to replace my old monitor, too. But they're cheap if you stick with CRT.

It's not difficult, and

Ummm... not on the drive. Time to google.

Let us know how you get along...

Will do.