Linux has hoards of bugs for many of the user developed programs. However,
almost every crash I've had (very few system crashes like M$) was related to
shareware or freeware stuff.  The environment itself is pretty stable.  I
had one installation running for about three years and it never locked up
once.  The hard drive and video card failed in the end and I replaced it
with a newer setup.  That system was a server that handled from 10 to 30+
people all the time. I could also run X at the console and not load up the
system while others were on it.

Once you get into X, the software is a bit rough around the edges - usually
caused by poor ports of software that was running on another Unix flavor.
You do end up respecting the system though... the problems you get are
usually easy to identify .. you might not be able to do anything about it ..
but you feel better about the whole thing 8).

The biggest drawback to Linux? It requires you to think and learn about the
operating system.  That also seems to be its biggest calling ... it allows
you to tune the innards as much as you want.  It isn't for the masses ...
yet.

The recent move by the big folks (IBM, Sun, Oracle, etc) to embrace Linux
should bring a bit more stability to the system. But it will also drag the
attendent corporate mind set about how you should do things.  Good with the
bad.

Dan


I get the Linux Bits( www.linuxdot.org <http://www.linuxdot.org> )
newsletter and it seems
Linux users have just as many problems as windows users
trying to make their systems stable and usable.

roger

Roger H. Anderson



Luis;

It is actually easier than one would think.  Simply install the 'Linux'
program and windows suddenly behaves very well.  No more blue screens, no
more crashed programs, no more sudden crawling operating system.  I suggest
it for a patch for all Windows systems.


Chris Eddy
Pioneer Microsystems, inc.


Luis Ot‡vio Mˇdici wrote:


 Hi, I am brazilian electrical engineer and I was beginning to program the
PIC. I was trying to developer a PIC inside«s Data Acquisicion Card . The
assembly code is ok, otherwise the sw in Delphi that receive, show and store
the data wasn«t working like its should. The system monitored is fast and
needs of Real Time treatment and make a Real Time Sw in Windows is very
difficult. Anybody has some tips about Windows Real Time Programming? Are
there specifical APIs ? Book or Web Sites ? Thank you, A good site about
microcontroller technology is www.microcontroller.com
<http://www.microcontroller.com>