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Linux has some ECC support, how strong it is, I'm not sure. I'm pretty sure with some chipsets if can give you the module etc that's having it. Don't quote me on it though.


I can completely see where you're going from with the Sun/IBM example though. It's all on them whether it be a hardware or software. If it doesn't work you only have one person to go to and they have to fix it(assuming you have a plan/contract/etc with them).


I've never had a problem with Firefox not properly displaying a page or anything else. Maybe I'm the odd man out though. My Linux desktops do everything I want them to do. I don't think they're lacking in anyway.


Naturally, Linux doesn't have all of the programs windows has but there are other programs for Linux that like them. Sort of like OO and Office. Sure OO can do a lot that Office can but it's not the same piece of program. For my uses OO does everything I want it to including opening Office files etc. I sometimes get irritated with people when people say stuff like, "I don't like Linux, it's not Windows." They're different OSes with most of the time different software, no {censored}. lol


I'm just used to working in Linux so it's the most familiar to me. I'd much rather set up stuff on a Linux box than to use Windows just because I'm used to working with it. When ever I use windows now I always end up swearing at it. haha


I'm not saying Linux is the best OS for all desktops and servers but for my purposes it is the best.



Well, Linux servers do support ECC memory, but the OS really has nothing to do with that. I've yet to see ECC memory errors that were logged to the Linux OS. I might find them in the hardware logs of the server, but the servers and the OS don't really talk to each other that well which creates the problems. If they can work on that and integrate that some more, that would help things.

I've had Linux set up before. It's certainly much easier than in '95 or so when you were running a config tool for X windows to try and get things set up, then having to tweak things so you had the window manager you wanted, etc. etc.

I was actually pretty used to Mac's for a while. I was building loads of them for one company that was buying up a good handful a week. Got pretty used to installing the OS and getting all the software on that they wanted. Still don't care for the OS, though, even if I can still find my way around decently enough. Linux is kind of the same way. I'm pretty used to both Gnome and KDE yet I still find Windows easier than those or OSX for that matter. Everything's where I want it for the most part. I can never get Linux or OSX to quite look the way I want whereas I can with Windows.

The other thing that really tops it out for me is that all the apps I like are basically Windows-first, possibly Windows-only, or at least Windows-best (like Firefox). So it ends up that for my computing needs, Windows is the easiest of the bunch. I know how to work with the OS and it has all the software I want.

There are other apps out there for Linux in most cases. In some, they're insufficient and possibly even incompatibly with the MS equivalents (Project and Visio comes to mind, though I think they're finally getting the Visio-type app along better). OO isn't bad, but I come across a fair number of spreadsheets that don't work with OO, only Excel. And then, there's some tools like Irfanview which Linux has many alternatives for, but none of which are as good.

It's not that I don't like Linux as a desktop. It's not bad. I just feel it needs some more work. Linux has come a long way from where it was but it seems like they're always playing catch-up. In a way, that's fine. Let Linux hang around such that MS feels a bit more pressure to do more as well. I have no problem with that.

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My cat has a very large swelling in his left neck.

Apparently my wife noticed this in September. She tried and failed to get to the vet in Berlin. (Wimminz and geography. :facepalm: )

He's going to the vet today, in Romania. Seems otherwise happy and active, but this feels like one walnut-size gland problem. :(

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My cat has a very large swelling in his left neck.


Apparently my wife noticed this in September. She tried and failed to get to the vet in Berlin. (Wimminz and geography.
:facepalm:
)


He's going to the vet today, in Romania. Seems otherwise happy and active, but this feels like one walnut-size gland problem.
:(



Good vibes your way. We had something similar happen with one of our cats, and it didn't end well. :cry:

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Best of luck to the cat.

I need to:

-Convince the wife to let me go on a trip to New York by myself (with my half of her bonus [i didn't get one this year] + money left from her previous canceled flight + money from christmas, I should be only $50 out of pocket)

-Convince my wife to let me buy this fangled tube amp (my t-40 would hopefull cover most of it)

Its a massive undertaking, but it may come to be. Will she be happy, most likely not. I could do without the tube amp if need be, hell I will probably get outbid.

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Well, Linux servers do support ECC memory, but the OS really has nothing to do with that. I've yet to see ECC memory errors that were logged to the Linux OS. I might find them in the hardware logs of the server, but the servers and the OS don't really talk to each other that well which creates the problems. If they can work on that and integrate that some more, that would help things.


I've had Linux set up before. It's certainly much easier than in '95 or so when you were running a config tool for X windows to try and get things set up, then having to tweak things so you had the window manager you wanted, etc. etc.


I was actually pretty used to Mac's for a while. I was building loads of them for one company that was buying up a good handful a week. Got pretty used to installing the OS and getting all the software on that they wanted. Still don't care for the OS, though, even if I can still find my way around decently enough. Linux is kind of the same way. I'm pretty used to both Gnome and KDE yet I still find Windows easier than those or OSX for that matter. Everything's where I want it for the most part. I can never get Linux or OSX to quite look the way I want whereas I can with Windows.


The other thing that really tops it out for me is that all the apps I like are basically Windows-first, possibly Windows-only, or at least Windows-best (like Firefox). So it ends up that for my computing needs, Windows is the easiest of the bunch. I know how to work with the OS and it has all the software I want.


There are other apps out there for Linux in most cases. In some, they're insufficient and possibly even incompatibly with the MS equivalents (Project and Visio comes to mind, though I think they're finally getting the Visio-type app along better). OO isn't bad, but I come across a fair number of spreadsheets that don't work with OO, only Excel. And then, there's some tools like Irfanview which Linux has many alternatives for, but none of which are as good.


It's not that I don't like Linux as a desktop. It's not bad. I just feel it needs some more work. Linux has come a long way from where it was but it seems like they're always playing catch-up. In a way, that's fine. Let Linux hang around such that MS feels a bit more pressure to do more as well. I have no problem with that.



I'll have to get to this later. Now I'm just on my laptop and don't really feel like posting a long reply, lol.

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