Linux could not tell you what the problem was either, speaking standard set-up that is. This problem often is attributed to heating, power, etc. that really throws no flaq. The IRQ result is there for 0 - which is less than a standard nomenclature, thus the flag.I've seen at least two different computers running XP Pro get blue-screen STOP 0x0d0000000 IRQ_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL kinds of hard-lock errors.
Windows can run ok, and some of the examples pointed out (ie blaster) have close linux cousins which can emulate like behavior. Linux just gives the power user more controll, as they should have it, and fixing a virus on linux is usually a sinch. If 'idiots' used linux, I could only imagine the pain. Linux requires some knowlage to effectivly run it, no matter what Mandrake/ubuntu try to say
My BIGGEST beef with windows is Micro$oft. They are illegal, and clearly have been in violation of anti trust and they are a flat out economical virus that is imbedded so hard into our global economy we would need a resinstall to fix the problem. They freaking own both bord walk and parkplace with hotels and charge those rates for every square on the @#$#in board.
Windows also has infinate problems when dealing with hardware (especially legacy) and its priciple upon which it forces users to update technologies actually retards the IT industry on the same principle as making the poor rich with welfare.
Personally, my games both past projects and future, all run on linux, and kick back better performance than thier windows conterparts. While boot speed my be an issue, the stability and ability to succesfully treat errors on the fly is so much worth it in itself.
So what does windows do when they begin legitimatly loosing footing in an area (IE DX vs (insert GFX lib))? Pump everything they can in directX technology, and make it a less suitible but more widley used technology. This is a dirty attempt to use thier MONOPOLY to snub other operating systems, and is a horridly discusting way to run a buisness - Then any business run for 100% profit looses all my respect, and seems to apply itself as a virus vs. a productive enviroment.
As for lack of NTFS, all I can do is cry and suggest a good read through on the many FS that linux has to offer. So - much - more. oh - and just give it time
Ubuntu seems ok, as I installed it for my wife to learn with, but I don't think it lives up to my old slackware <3
In short, if you like Communism, you will like windows. Chose linux, and choose freedom.
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WINDOWS SERVER? LOL!
Bipper
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