OmnipotentEntity wrote:
I'd suggest trying a BSD or something on it.
apt-get -f is your friend.
Last time i checked into BSD it didn't support my hardware. That's kind of a problem...
Maybe it's worth looking into, again...
arwing wrote:
This is why I use Gentoo. I've never had anything not work out of the box with it.
It does take a long ass time to compile everything from source, but it fucking works pretty damn well once you're done. You don't even have to download their LiveCD you can boot any distro's CD with working net drivers to install Gentoo.
I've thought about Gentoo, but much like Debian it seems too much like giving up... Just, with racing stripes painted on.
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I used to run Slack at one point... it is horrible and mean and eats puppies.
Yes, but it
works.
Or, rather, it
used to. It may have stopped at some point, which is annoying.
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But the problems you described of the Kernel not working can be caused by many many things. Nearly all of them are of the you fucked up nature.
It only looks that way.
The technical reason is because the kernel was mis-configured. But the reason the kernel was mis-configured was not, as might be expected, because i mis-configured it. It's gconfig. Taking the configuration over to xconfig made it work fine (for certain definitions of "fine", but that's how it goes for the time being...)
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Yes Linux could use some foolproofing, but as we've all seen (read clippy) too much foolproofing is a very bad idea.
I'm not so sure foolproofing is the answer.
I think the problem is that Linux is becoming so ornate that humans have given up trying to figure it out, instead just relying on the software to work things out. Which has worked okay in the recent past, but which appears to be working less and less okay as things become even more complex. (Then again, this is from a Slackware perspective--it may work fine in Ubuntu. I sort of doubt it, though. And if it works fine now, barring some new direction, it probably will eventually stop working fine.)
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nick012000 wrote:
So pull out the motherboard and buy a new one. Sure, it won't stick to the inside of your box all nicely like the one that came with the box, but it'll work. Probably.
You assume this is an OEM machine, or did I miss something?
It's not an OEM. I hand-built it with care back in 2000. In fact, back when i built it, i could bring Quake 3 matches to a standstill simply by appearing on the server and announcing my computer's specs :3nod:
These days, though, i'm saving money for a replacement... I fear it is disintegrating in slow motion.
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krylex wrote:
Ahh, so we're running into activation problems? Microsoft will provide support. You do have to call India, read 25-40 someodd characters to them, and have them read 25-40 back, but it will activate it.
Nope, it's not activation problems.
The install disc refuses to write to hard drives connected to the computer.