Re: Check this out

Arpi <[email protected]> Mon, 15 Jul 2002 11:53:51 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.video.mcf.mplayer
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi,

> Really funny (and true)
true?

> http://www.tuxreports.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&fi
> le=article&sid=892&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
> 
> The best part comes with this comment :
> "Many people confuse these two. An application can crash and that''s 
> when "kill" comes handy. To say that Linux is unstable just because an 
> application has crashed is grossly inaccurate.
> 
> Try running Linux without any GUI and see if you ever have to reach for 
> that power button!"
> 
> Yeah, it's not Linux that crashed, it's only your app that crashed your 
> computer...

no. it can crash ONLY if the driver or hardware is bad.
it's especially true if it crashed by GUI or a movie player.
i can crash any system with savage 3d card even with netscape, by scrolling
too fats - it's just a hardware problem.


A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team

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