Linux Turns 10

An AC sent in: "The IBM PC may be 20 years old, but they're not the only ones with a birthday coming up. Check out www.linux10.org for an invitation to a birthday party on August 25 for the Linux kernel. The big bash is in Sunnyvale, just down the peninsula from the San Francisco LinuxWorld Expo, but there are also links to local parties around the globe (or if there are none near you, plan your own and add it to the list)."

Comments

Re:Time for it to die

[D Anderson n'Swaart]

Not wanting to get in a flamewar, allow me simply to ask this: how many Windows operating systems have you used, and in particular, how long have you used Windows 2000 for? To date I have had around two real crashes in Windows 2000 (both driver-related), and I have had it installed for nearly eight months. Admittedly all other Windows distributions are unstable and generally slow, but Windows 2000 is very snappy, and very stable. My uptime now? 2wks 2days 23hrs 12mins 28secs. I have no problems with memory management, like some people claim, Quake 3 runs no slower than when I first booted it two weeks ago, and I see no reason to not keep running it another two weeks, or two months, or even two years, without shutting down.

Yes, I'm logged in because I'm not afraid of the truth, and if I get modded down for anti-Linux/pro-Microsoft zealotry, so be it. I hate Microsoft just as much as the next SlashDot user, but unfortunately Windows 2000 really is a good operating system (especially for the home user who wants stability and compatibility, which is what I am). If you don't believe me, please find some benchmarks online comparing Linux and Windows operating systems. I'm not going to that much trouble for a flamer.