Draft installfest flyer

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 01:22:56AM -0400, William Park wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 01:03:36PM -0400, Colin McGregor wrote:
> > I have found them ROCK SOLID reliable.
> ...
> > In other words, yes I am a fan of FreeBSD, for set it, and ALMOST
> > ignore it type server operations FreeBSD is great.
> 
> Could you not say the same thing for Linux as well?  
> 
> Linux is more forgiving than Windows.  However, if you start with
> quality hardwares, then Windows can run forever too.  Most Windows
> crashes are due to crappy third-party drivers and crappier third-party
> hardwares.

Quality hardware and drivers help, but certainly in my experience that
still isn't enough to make windows run reliably for years without
reboots and reinstalls fairly frequently.

I suspect a large part of the problem is that all the different programs
have their own installers making their own mess all over.  And I have
never seen an upgrade from one windows version to another go cleanly and
result in a nice ready to use system, unlike say debian which I never
have to reinstall. :)

Lennart Sorensen
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