>
>In the last year I have had ZERO system crashes, and only a few application crashes.
>Only one crash, of TUX RACER in the accelerated video mode, caused a lockup which
>required me to hit the reset button, but the ReiserFS performed flawlessly, and the
>reboot was normal. No losses or corruption.

Jerry, did CTRL-ALT-BS not work? CTRL-ALT-F2 to get to a virtual console and gun the process? I am keenly interested in any case of a program that actually brings down an entire box.

>
>Several folks have asked me about Linux & SuSE in the last few months. About a
>dozen have asked for and recieved a copy of the SuSE 7.3 CD (6) set.
>Everyone who has tried it has stayed with it.
>
>Several of those who got a copy of the CD set say they are going to buy their own
>copy just to get the five manuals that come with it. That was even after I told
>them about the electronic version of the manuals were are on the CD set, or available
>from the web.

The SuSE manuals are outstanding, worth the price of the set alone.

>
>What made me think of this is that ALL of this only cost me $90, and installation was
>automatically and flawless. Put in the CD, answer a few questions and go get a cup
>of coffee. Copies and giveaways are legal.
>
>Here is what triggered this missive: at work during the last week alone, my Win2000
>workstation has crashed more than a dozen times, even with the careful attention
>of 6 MSCE's. Our last attempt at using the MS help desk was no more fruitful than their
>freely available Knowledgebase, but took a couple of days and cost $320, IIRC.

Well, even 12 in 1 week is excessive, so something nasty is in there.

Since X-mas I've taken my $90 SuSE CD and put it onto the company-owned laptop plus the 5 home computers. With the exception of the single dual-boot machine, the house is now entirely Linux. I may shell out $300 for vmware so I can get rid of that dual-boot, and with Remote X, I can then run Windows 2000 on any machine in the house.

Three of these machines were gathering dust, as they are P166, and I can't put Win2k on them, which is the only Win I'll run. But that $90.00 you mention bought back three machines.

Then there was the completely free LRP fits-on-a-floppy-runs-on-a-486 firewall. Nice.

BTW: this isn't very nice, but I've heard MSCE=Must Consult Someone Experienced.

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>I am always beta testing apps, and on occasions I have to use the Skull&Crossbones to
>kill a zombie, but none have forced a reboot, save TUX RACER.
>
>It sure makes $90 seem VERY reasonable, and 1 crash/year extremely reliable..