On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Dinesh A. Joshi dinesh.a.joshi@gmail.com wrote:
When everybody elses hardware works and yours doesnt, It means flaky hardware.
Yes, you will probably have a clue about how this works when you get into how exactly some hardware work (or don't). Recently I came across an issue where a certain DVD drive lies about the type of disk it has and we had to hack in a fix for it. That in my opinion is flaky hardware, not a driver issue per say.
Why do such hacks take time to come into Debian sid? I suspect its because of their QA process, which is quite exhaustive. If you want such bleeding edge support then try experimental -- it'll be just about as stable as a Fedora.
ROTFLMAO... The sheer *arrogance* disgusts me :) Search for Jmicron, Debian, Intel DG 965 RY motherboard.
You were glorifying BSD with one piece of logic while pulling down sarge with the same. And I was talking SPECIFICALLY about stability.
Thats what you were doing in the first place. And as I said, Stability is a relative term.
No. Stability implies less susceptibility to crashes/downtime. What you're talking about is compatibility. Get your terminology right.