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From: Robert Klein <RoKlein@roklein.de>
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	"Chip" <chip@wiegand.org>
Subject: Re: home pc use
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 12:11:48 +0100
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"Anthony Atkielski" wrote:
>Steve writes:
>> If you're tired of Windows crashing you sure can!
>The KDE environment under FreeBSD stalled or crashed on me nearly half a
> dozen times in one day.  That's about as many crashes as I've experienced
> in two years on Windows NT, and all of the Windows NT crashes were due to
> bad drivers.

Perhaps this was due to your buggy VIA Southbridge, mentioned in another 
thread, IIRC?  Though KDE crashing possibly indicates a faulty memory module 
/ memory timing problems...

>Unless he intends to run FreeBSD in its native, command-line mode, he should
> not expect an increase in stability over Microsoft Windows, and he may
> experience the opposite.

As a side note, running a graphical user interface doesn't automagically 
mean, you have to use KDE.  There's fvwm, icewm, twm ;), etc...

Robert

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