Sriram Karra (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} skarra) wrote,@ 2008-02-07 23:36:00 |
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From "intriguing and fun" to "f'ing' chore"
While discussing how unstable certain distros, even Ubuntu, appear to be these days, particularly on less-than-top class hardware, Brian Behlendorf had this to say (on Silk-list):
And ...
I mean, those were exactly my thoughts last night when I booted into Debian (Lenny) for the first time in many years - on a low end Compaq work laptop and could not get the pcmcmia tata indicom data card working... Ability to tinker notwithstanding, in this day and age stuff not working does get in the way of getting things done. Where, of course, 'things' does not include fixing broken drivers and packages :)
While discussing how unstable certain distros, even Ubuntu, appear to be these days, particularly on less-than-top class hardware, Brian Behlendorf had this to say (on Silk-list):
> ...it goes to illustrate that the era of excitement in IT is over.
Heh, that's true. What used to be kind of intriguing and fun is now just
a f'in chore. But I've still got hopes for Ubuntu. I moved on from
FreeBSD, at least for the desktop.
Brian
And ...
Yeah, but I couldn't find s2ram, so I couldn't get suspend working, and
didn't want to futz with hibernation. It seemed like a poorly documented
hack that didn't inspire a lot of confidence, and I had burned way too
much time on something that should JFW.
The X40 I had worked perfectly, so again, I point the finger at Lenovo.
Brian
I mean, those were exactly my thoughts last night when I booted into Debian (Lenny) for the first time in many years - on a low end Compaq work laptop and could not get the pcmcmia tata indicom data card working... Ability to tinker notwithstanding, in this day and age stuff not working does get in the way of getting things done. Where, of course, 'things' does not include fixing broken drivers and packages :)
