Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751040AbVLHMjl (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Dec 2005 07:39:41 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751160AbVLHMjl (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Dec 2005 07:39:41 -0500 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:21219 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751040AbVLHMjk (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Dec 2005 07:39:40 -0500 Subject: Re: Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario From: Arjan van de Ven To: Diego Calleja Cc: Zwane Mwaikambo , lkml@metanurb.dk, nicolas.mailhot@laposte.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20051208133143.6a24d560.diegocg@gmail.com> References: <1133779953.9356.9.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <20051205121851.GC2838@holomorphy.com> <20051206011844.GO28539@opteron.random> <43944F42.2070207@didntduck.org> <20051206030828.GA823@opteron.random> <1133869465.4836.11.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <4394ECA7.80808@didntduck.org> <1133880581.4836.37.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <1134003536.8162.4.camel@localhost> <20051208032404.8bad585a.diegocg@gmail.com> <20051208133143.6a24d560.diegocg@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 13:39:31 +0100 Message-Id: <1134045571.2867.48.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Score: 1.8 (+) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.0.4 on pentafluge.infradead.org summary: Content analysis details: (1.8 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 0.1 RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL RBL: SORBS: sent directly from dynamic IP address [213.93.14.173 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net] 1.7 RCVD_IN_NJABL_DUL RBL: NJABL: dialup sender did non-local SMTP [213.93.14.173 listed in combined.njabl.org] X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 713 Lines: 19 On Thu, 2005-12-08 at 13:31 +0100, Diego Calleja wrote: > El Wed, 7 Dec 2005 22:21:31 -0800 (PST), > Zwane Mwaikambo escribió: > > > Lets be objective at least, Windows XP was released in 2002, have you > > tried Linux distros from 2002 on said laptops? > > Indeed windows xp was released in 2002, but Microsoft don't seem > to add new drivers in the service packs (which is something they > could do). in the OEM editions they sure do. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/