>>Well, speaking from experience, I'd say yes. Because I beta test apps as part of my LInux community spirit contribution, I run and test a lot of beta software. However, even beta apps, when they crash (usually seg fault) have not crashed or locked up my Linux box. For GUI apps what usually happens is that either the app dies and control is returned to the desktop or, for console apps, control is returned to the command line. On those rare occasions when control is not returned to the GUI or console, I usually do an "Alt-F2" blindly and a login pops up. On occasion a character mapping is corrupted and I have to type "reset" followed by the enter key, in the blind, and then normal characterization returns. Also, on occasion, a service, fork, or some other artifact is left in memory and all I do to clear it is issue "kill -9 " where is the program id revealed by a "ps aux" command or, on the KDE desktop, I run SystemGuard, which is like task manager, where I can
>clickon
>>the errant pid and delete it.
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>>I never give a thought about the kernel crashing. It just doesn't happen to me, even though I compile my own kernels to add or remove features I want or don't need.
>>JLK
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>Jerry,
> And thats why LInux is years away from making headway into the real world. How long would it take you to teach my mother all those commands and when to type them in. Don't get me wrong. I loved DOS. I've played with LInux. It's currently for Geeks to entertain them selfs IMO.
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>Jeff

Jeff,
Didn't you see the following?: "or, on the KDE desktop, I run SystemGuard, which is like task manager, where I can click on..."

One can use the command line or ignore it... just like in Windows. However, in W2K, for instance, there are cetain commands where one has to go to DOS to execute them. I just had to use one, "sfc /cancel" to make my W2K installation stop trying to "protect" my PC every time I reboot. Of course, I could have wrapped it in a pif, but I can wrap Linux commands in a script too. So, you see, that's why Windows is light years away from making headway into the real world. :)

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