An exaggeration at the very least.
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| jdixon Sep 10, 2015 8:03 AM EDT |
Just going from the blurb: > There was a time when installing a Linux operating system was quite difficult.. Yeah. Back about 1992 or so. By the time I first started working with Slackware in 1994, installation was fairly easy, though it did require patience to install all of the floppies. Configuration was another matter, and getting X configured and working properly didn't really sort itself out for another couple of years. But by the time Red Hat hit it's stride in 1996 or so, even that was easy. > and maintaining it was quite hard. Installing apps that required strange dependencies was a nightmare... I never found that to be the case for Slackware, and I know it was never the case for Debian. > ... and a distribution that crashes was difficult to repair. Distribution that crashes? What is he talking about? Outside of hardware failures, I've never had a problem with Linux crashing. Somehow I don't think I'll find the entire article worth reading. |
| gus3 Sep 12, 2015 12:46 PM EDT |
Gentoo crashed on me. Not "hit a bump in the road." It became un-runnable during an update when libffi.so got corrupted. Every program (including init) failed to launch. My only hope then was to boot with Knoppix and back up /home, then wipe and re-install. |
| jdixon Sep 12, 2015 7:52 PM EDT |
> It became un-runnable during an update when libffi.so got corrupted. Yeah. I've heard of it happening. It just that from the number of times I've heard of it happening, it happens about 1/10 as often as I've seen it happen with Windows. And yet he felt it deserved mention. |
| notbob Sep 13, 2015 11:58 AM EDT |
> it happens about 1/10 as often as I've seen it happen with Windows. No kidding! Sure, I'll get an occasional hang-up in Linux, but nothing like the 4-5 times per day my job's Windows box froze/crashed. I'd call IT for help, but more and more all I got was a, "have you tried a full reboot". It became such a std response from IT, I finally quit calling them and jes rebooted as SOP. |
| mbaehrlxer Sep 13, 2015 12:29 PM EDT |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn2FB1P_Mn8 no further comments, greetings, eMBee. |
| BernardSwiss Sep 13, 2015 6:44 PM EDT |
" This video contains content from Fremantle International, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds. " :-P |
| jdixon Sep 13, 2015 8:41 PM EDT |
> I finally quit calling them and jes rebooted as SOP. That is the simplest solution, and the first thing they'll try if they come by anyway. :) The problem is that there are so many things that could cause the problem that it's a pure guessing game trying to figure out what exactly is doing it. Now, if they know what programs you run and when the problem occurred, then there might be some hope of figuring it out. But even then it would usually be quicker to just back up your data, reimage the machine, and reinstall everything. The first thing I would do is run full hard drive and memory diagnostics on the machine though. Even Windows doesn't normally act up that badly. |
| CFWhitman Sep 14, 2015 9:53 AM EDT |
Yes, where I work we would test the hardware, do extra malware scans, possibly try recreating the user profile (this can fix a number of problems, including registry issues), and if these things didn't help, re-image the machine. |
| gus3 Sep 14, 2015 1:09 PM EDT |
And how often are such draconian measures actually required for Windows machines? 'Nuff said. |
| mbaehrlxer Sep 14, 2015 1:56 PM EDT |
bernardswiss: which country is that? usually germany has the most blocks because google can not come to an agreement with the german copyright collection agency so i am surprised to see something blocked elsewhere that is not blocked in germany. greetings, eMBee. |
| BernardSwiss Sep 14, 2015 4:04 PM EDT |
Canada, I'm afraid. (it's fairly common. for anything from USA or UK television programmes.) |
| jdixon Sep 14, 2015 4:20 PM EDT |
> do extra malware scans, possibly try recreating the user profile (this can fix a number of problems, including registry issues) Malware is normally more obvious than that. But I agree that a profile backup and recreation might solve the problem. I usually test that by logging on to the machine with another account to see if it also has the problem. If it' doesn't, then it's usually something in the profile. > And how often are such draconian measures actually required for Windows machines? Hmm. In my experience, on average, probably once every two to three years for a Windows machine. |
| CFWhitman Sep 14, 2015 4:55 PM EDT |
> I usually test that by logging on to the machine with another account to see if it also has the problem. If it' doesn't, then it's usually something in the profile. That's the procedure we use as well. It's true that malware is usually obvious, but, depending on what the symptoms are, it can be useful to run a scan with an alternate program to the one that does the regular scans. |
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