Re: Check this out

Steve Lhomme <[email protected]> Mon, 15 Jul 2002 11:52:11 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.video.mcf.mplayer
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Arpi wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 
>>Really funny (and true)
> 
> true?

That linux users often say these things.
It's just not an OS for average users despit what some people claim.

>>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.

Bah, here we use a lot of Linux machines. And sometimes they crash, 
nothing responds. You just have to reset the PC...

> 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.

Does it crash when you scroll too fast on Windows ?