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Ruben Safir <[hidden email]> > I wwould just add that the GNU Desktop was always better than the MS slaveware > ones and I don't see how running MS aps on GNU/Linux is any advantage. > > Better if you can find GNU aps, although I relize thats not always possible. Well, I hate to be blunt, but *duh*. I agree with you. The things I'm pointing out are what make it difficult to get to Square One with the system: plugging my two name-brand monitors into the two jacks on the back of a name-brand Intel motherboard and just Expecting It To Work. If I, as a 16-year veteran, can't get it to work--how about Joe Consumer? (Recall that Consumer Reports published a Linux advocate's letter last month, with essentially the same conclusion about Walmart-volume viability.) Item #4 in my openSUSE 11.0 saga: 4) Sound card doesn't come up at all. I get an obscure error for which Google can't even find a resolution: Jul 12 11:27:55 fourcore kernel: snd_als4000: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_new (along with numerous others). At boot time the ALSA modprobe gets a azx_get_response timeout. --- Do I really need to rebuild the kernel just to be able to listen to my music? :-| -rich -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [hidden email] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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