Hi,
I am great fan of Linux and windows, both are very matured OS's now. Win98 is pretty old to compare with new Linux. So I would say that you use win2k or XP (At least ME). Do not compare win98 with Linux RedHat 7.1. Most of the stability problems with win98 have disappeared for me with win2k. Also RedHat 6.2 is no exception since it is also very old. About the kernel of 7.1 all that you should have done is that upgrade a kernel to 2.4.10 or greater. About Linux, use it for some dedicated purposes like hosting a personal web site, or may be as a backup OS. There is much more that one can do on Linux than another OS. I had made a similar mistake when I had removed all partitions of windows. I have realized that these OS's do a great job but Linux is difficult to configure and windows is simple to configure but then it is difficult to keep it up and running. But if you want more reliable OS then Linux is the way to go. You should use a Journaling file system that come with the latest Linux distribution like Mandrake 8.1 or RedHat 7.2, these file system are specifically designed so that if there is a system crash then also the computer can startup again without a problem. So decide on one use it for regular purposes, and keep the other as a rescue. That is if you have that much space on the HDD. I read these statistics some where. Only Linux users 5% and there are 95% who share their Linux box with a windows box. These are approximate values; I just learned that it is a good idea to have more than one OS on your system.
Bye.
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-----Original Message----- From: linuxers-admin@mm.ilug-bom.org.in [mailto:linuxers-admin@mm.ilug-bom.org.in] On Behalf Of Nikhil Joshi Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 9:32 PM To: linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in Subject: [ILUG-BOM] Linux is not reliable . Windows Still rulez
Sorry for posting without subject . The thing is I'm very frustrated for putting my trust on Linux :-(
OK I had enough of Linux (period)
I've been using Linux for almost 2 years now. After getting bored of Windows I decided to remove it from my PC.I was running only Red Hat Linux 7.1 when I had a major filesystem crash. I even lost some of important data.
One of my friends suggested that 7.1 had a buggy kernel and I should switch to 6.2 I installed 6.2 and everything was fine until today...
The boot process 'dropped me to a shell' and advised me to run fsck manually. I obliged.
Out of the blue I got a truckload of messages telling me that something was wrong and that should it fix it ? Amazingly the only answer was yes.I continued pressing 'y' for about 5 mins and then the ordeal was over.
I logged in just to find that my ncurses libraries had been deleted ! And horror of horrors: my entire rpm database was gone... I did not want any more surprises.
Being frustrated I decided to give myself a break. I removed Linux and now I'm running good ol' Win 98 :-)
Anyone reading this please keep in mind : Curse Windows , Hate Windows ,Kick Windows but never and I say *never* remove Windows. It is the only thing that works for you (period)
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