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To: Dave Jones <davej@suse.de>
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Subject: Re: ISA slot detection on PCI systems? 
In-Reply-To: Message from Dave Jones <davej@suse.de> 
   of "Thu, 03 Jan 2002 14:46:47 BST." <Pine.LNX.4.33.0201031442380.7309-100000@Appserv.suse.de> 
Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2002 13:42:42 -0300
From: Horst von Brand <vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl>
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Dave Jones <davej@suse.de> said:
> On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Horst von Brand wrote:
> > I'd wagger Aunt Tillie doesn't run Linux on Ye Olde Coffepot, but on a new,
> > PCI-only machine. So this is doubly silly...
> 
> *your* Aunt Tillie perhaps. I know several folks whose parents have
> now inherited their offsprings old computers, and are now using Linux
> on them to read their mail, write a book, whatever..
> And these cast offs are not fantastic machines, they're 486/586 class.

If I give the old coffepot to Aunt Tillie with Linux, I'll take some care
of the updates and such for her later. And for sanity's sake I'll stick to
distribution-build kernels if at all possible in any case.

> Fleeting judgements like yours above are just plain wrong.

Right. But for Aunt Tillie who has to do the managing of the machine by
herself, she'll either go to a distribution and won't fool around with
compiling 2.4.18preX for the sake of it, or is at least mildly interested
in kernel development and doesn't need handholding. Why an average
(non-hacker) Aunt Tillie won't be satisfied with e.g. Red Hat or Madrake or
whatever kernel or an update is just way beyond me. Source-build kernels
are strictly "check out this new feature" or "see if it breaks", or perhaps
"need a custom configuration for this piece of junk from the scrapheap" not
for day-to-day use by unwashed masses.
-- 
Dr. Horst H. von Brand                   User #22616 counter.li.org
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