From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,8a402d78988bdf2b X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-12-17 11:20:27 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!newsfeed2.dallas1.level3.net!news.level3.com!news-out.visi.com!petbe.visi.com!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!npeer.de.kpn-eurorings.net!newsfeed.stueberl.de!teaser.fr!enst.fr!melchior!cuivre.fr.eu.org!melchior.frmug.org!not-for-mail From: "amado.alves" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: RE: [announcement] SYSAPI and SYSSVC for Windows Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 19:17:47 -0000 Organization: Cuivre, Argent, Or Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: lovelace.ada-france.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: melchior.cuivre.fr.eu.org 1071688675 9663 80.67.180.195 (17 Dec 2003 19:17:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@melchior.cuivre.fr.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 19:17:55 +0000 (UTC) To: Return-Path: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6487.1 content-class: urn:content-classes:message Thread-Topic: [announcement] SYSAPI and SYSSVC for Windows Thread-Index: AcPEEKih++xGYPfRTdmjqpjjmYzo6gAvwViG X-OriginalArrivalTime: 17 Dec 2003 19:17:47.0786 (UTC) FILETIME=[74C6AEA0:01C3C4D2] X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p5 (Debian) at ada-france.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list List-Id: Gateway to the comp.lang.ada Usenet newsgroup List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:3513 Date: 2003-12-17T19:17:47+00:00 [Windows vs. Linux] This is OT,, but whataheck, I'd like to share my recent experience and = impressions. I'm trying to reinstall Linux on my laptop after a disc = crash. RedHat 9 used to install, but RedHat is gone commercial now so I = tried Fedora. It failed miserably (over the network). I also tried = Debian over the network, Mandrake over the network, and Mandrake with = CDs. I even tried Plan 9 network. All with floppies, because my CD does = not boot. All failed. All fail setting the graphic system. Many fail in = other things also. The Mandrake case is incredible. The installation = goes graphic fine, but the last step about configuring X fails: it's = incredibly stupid and irritating: if the graphic is working why doesn't = the bloody thing continue with the same parameters? And then it cannot = recover. All other installations except Plan 9 fail partially right from = the start: they start loosing text lines. Framebuffer problems I think. = Is informatics a fraud or what? I'm close to go growing watermellons = like Xanana Gusmao. Just to prove why Windows is an *excelent* system--except for price. But = now it seems you'll have to pay for Linux too. RedHat starts at 179 = dollars I think. So there is still hope for AdaOS ;-)