Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!feeder.news-service.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Snit Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup Subject: Re: Why do I need to run Linux again? Seriously Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 20:11:19 -0700 Lines: 50 Message-ID: References: <41c0852c-6e86-4c75-9c44-a6eb58187df5@w7g2000pre.googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net ksQnTyqTCEXn7MCOXcGzWAw1BabdWRno/SHHP/qqWzpDKpsGU2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:/uZuwzMCb+kGmr6hLpB7lqaZPtU= User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/12.28.0.101117 Thread-Topic: Why do I need to run Linux again? Seriously Thread-Index: Acv74/SY4kcFSCo/PE2S3pnboeN6Mw== Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.os.linux.advocacy:16013 comp.os.linux.setup:279 The Natural Philosopher stated in post ioavn0$jca$2@news.albasani.net on 4/15/11 7:42 PM: > Snit wrote: >> The Natural Philosopher stated in post ioanqv$3u5$3@news.albasani.net on >> 4/15/11 5:28 PM: >> >> ... >>>>> My wife's Tiger setup crashes once every few days..she will keep a >>>>> zillion programs open. And then runs OS9 in legacy mode as well..that's >>>>> almost guaranteed to bork it. >>>> With older versions of OS X, USB devices would *sometimes* lead to kernel >>>> panics. Other than that it is amazingly rock solid. Then again - so is >>>> Linux and Windows 7. >>> Its some kind of memory leak. Not kernel panics. >>> Just grinds to a halt with nothing working. >> >> With what program(s) running? > > With my wife, its very hard to tell. > >> >>>>> I daren't upgrade it to snow leopard, in case it breaks the utterly >>>>> fragile stuff that's already there, for which the installations disks >>>>> have been thrown away somewhere.. >>>> Breaks? What do you think it might break? You can check if apps work with >>>> Snow Leopard. >>>> >>> You wonderful trusting soul. >> >> What do you think might break? >> > Any one of the terrible things I bodged to get it working in the first > place. Salvaged from the wreckage of another mac whose disk had partly > died..the only repository of programs for which the installation disks > have long vanished. > . One: with few exceptions, Mac programs can just be dragged to a disk to "install" them. Super easy to back them up... easier than on Windows or Linux (though with repositories you can re-install Windows programs pretty easily). Two: the fact you cannot name a single thing that might break is curious. -- [INSERT .SIG HERE]