"Ubuntu takes on XP in the gadget arena"

[Derek Broughton]

Ari Torhamo wrote:

> ke, 2006-02-15 kello 11:53 -0400, Derek Broughton kirjoitti:
> 
> [snip]
> 
>> I beg to differ.  I see no sign that _anybody_ is suffering BSODs on XP
>> Pro. XP Home may not be quite so solid, but I don't think it's a problem
>> there
>> either.  imo, calling XP "Windows" was a marketing error.
> 
> I have used Windos XP Pro a little myself and have also done several
> installs for other people during years and quickly thinking I don't
> remember one time when XP Pro didn't freeze when an application froze
> (and I have seen quite a many application freezes in XP Pro).

It depends what you consider a "freeze".  I have seen XP Pro bog down so
badly that it might as well have been frozen, but I don't think I've ever
had it lock up fully and permanently.
 
> I remember one time when Ubuntu froze with a program and that was in
> Warty. I have used Ubuntu already more now than I have used XP (and I
> started with pre-Warty).

No argument.  Any complete lockups I've had have been due to Xorg
misconfigurations that _I_ have caused.  I wouldn't begin to suggest Linux
is not as good as XP.  I just don't believe XP is as bad as most people
still think it is (in terms of completely crashing - it's still a POS).
-- 
derek