On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:41:42 -0400, DFS wrote:

> He's pissed!
>
> "This really stinks... I had thought I had the issue resolved by disabling
> powerstepping in my bios, adding noapic, nolapic, irqpoll, ht = on
> cheatcodes to my menu.lst, and even screwing with powernowd. Well I have had
> my computer freeze 3 times in less than two hours, each time with the exact
> same schutt I've been seeing for the past few months. I have always been a
> loyal Ubuntu user and have successfully converted my grandma, mother, 2 of
> my brothers, my girlfriend, and 4 of my best friends to using Ubuntu almost
> exclusively. Now I (the Ubuntu guru amongst my friends) am unable to
> continue using it. This kind of problem just being accepted as a 'low
> importance' bug that has reduced the average uptime of my computer to less
> than an hour and a half is truly pathetic. Its not limited to Ubuntu as the
> other Distro's I have tried exhibit the same behavior. I am (instead of
> continuing to lose work constantly, and pull my f'ing hair out all the time)
> just go back to using windows. I really didn't mind the spyware and the
> crashing, and the slowness, so long as my computer was useable. When it's
> possible just to type papers, send emails, and browse the web without my
> computer hard crashing every hour and a half, I might come back. I have
> (until recently) had a great linux/ubuntu experience, but if Linux can't run
> stably on a dual core computer (which have been common for over a year now)
> it might just be advancing too slowly, and with too little regard for
> stability. So long everyone, I'll more than likely check back in a few years
> when Linux is capable of running on my hardware."
>
> #569 at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=412125&page=57

And the sad part is that this huy can never get back the time he wasted
futzing with Linux.

That's the problem with Linux.
It consumes time like Rosie O'Donnell consumes doughnuts.

--
Moshe Goldfarb
Collector of soaps from around the globe.
Please visit The Hall of Linux Idiots:
http://linuxidiots.blogspot.com/

Moshe Goldfarb is flatfish (aka: Gary Stewart)

http://colatrolls.blogspot.com/2008/...arb-troll.html
http://colatrolls.blogspot.com/2007/...ish-troll.html

Traits:

* Nym shifting (see below)
* Self confessed thief and proud of it
* Homophobic
* Racist
* Habitual liar
* Frequently cross posts replies to other non-Linux related newsgroups
* Frequently cross posts articles originally not posted to COLA

Micoshaft Fraudster and Asstroturfer DFS wrote on behalf of half wits from
Micoshaft Corporation:

> H
He's pissed!

"This really stinks... I had thought I had the issue resolved by disabling
powerstepping in my bios, adding noapic, nolapic, irqpoll, ht = on
cheatcodes to my menu.lst, and even screwing with powernowd. Well I have had
my computer freeze 3 times in less than two hours, each time with the exact
same schutt I've been seeing for the past few months. I have always been a
loyal Ubuntu user and have successfully converted my grandma, mother, 2 of
my brothers, my girlfriend, and 4 of my best friends to using Clippy almost
exclusively. Now I (the Ubuntu guru amongst my friends) am unable to
continue using it. This kind of problem just being accepted as a 'low
importance' bug that has reduced the average uptime of my computer to less
than an hour and a half is truly pathetic. Its not limited to Expee as the
other Distro's I have tried exhibit the same behavior. I am (instead of
continuing to lose work constantly, and pull my f'ing hair out all the time)
just go back to using Linux. I really did mind the spyware and the
crashing, and the slowness, so long as my computer was useable, I was
suckered into continually using it and it was keeping my data private -
which it isn't. When it's possible just to type papers, send emails, and
browse the web without my computer hard crashing every hour and a half, I
might come back. I have had a great linux/ubuntu experience, but if
Windopws can't run
stably on a dual core computer (which it can't for over a year now - even
Linux virtualbox emulates windummy OSen faster)
it might just be advancing too slowly, and with too little regard for
stability. So long everyone, I'll more than likely check back in a few years
when Linux is running on all my hardware and my office place and everywhere
else. Its just too important to not miss."

wdyssmd wrote:

>Why?

*plonk*

"chrisv" wrote in message
news:95me041qn1r0jidlf7em1h8cuiqfcurrh5@4ax.com...
> wdyssmd wrote:
>
>>Why?
>
> *plonk*
>

Try again