Wait...NOW yer in MY arena...the Vic20 does not, I repeat NOT run linux.
Someone MAY have written a linux EMULATOR for it, but the BASIC OS of the
VIC20 being hardcoded in ROM makes it imposible to run Linux as a host OS.
There may, somewhere, be a Linux burned ROM out there, but then you no
longer have a Vic20.
Man...let me tell ya folks...You guys really should come listen to TechTAK.
Half of the show tends to be me and my LFWPT having this very same debate,
though we have a lot more fun and refrain from attempting to insult each
other on the grounds of which OS we prefer. (Though there are times when
she, as the sound engineer for the show, has turned off my mic so she could
finish her statement.)
Who the hell CARES whether or not linux or winblows is better? They are two
completely different animals and both have their niches. I happen to prefer
winblows ability to play games better than linux. (Sorry, but cedega and
all those don't work well on any games I play. Trust me, my wife and I have
tried almost every way with those (When it was WineX, they were a techtak
sponsor) and most have little ability to deal with it.
Sheesh you guys...this topic is so old it farts dust. It has been covered
by every show, magazine, convention, etc., and has always come up with the
same conclusion: MacOS rulez....lmao
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Takali S. Omega Sr
Host of TechTAK on KFAR 660am
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Occassionally people would climb the mountain
and add a stone or two to the cairn at the top,
if only to prove that there is nothing
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| > I'm not going to call you a lunatic Linux loonie now .. but, hey, you
are
| > plonking someone who prefers Windows, and doing so in a Microsoft
Windows
| > newsgroup. I think there's a disconnect here? Do you see it? No? Did
your
| > kernel panic again ??
|
| I have to laugh at you. You're just so pathetic.
|
| I have to wonder.. how many patches has M$ come out with for
| vulnerabilities over the last 15 years, compared to linux? How many
| different architectures has Windows been ported to compared to linux? To
| be honest, I can only think of 3: x86, x86-64, and Alpha. One of those,
| is no longer made. Linux? I can think of at least *10*. Yes, 10: x86,
| x86-64, ia64, alpha, sparc, S390, arm, m68k, powerpc, mips, sparc64..
| hell, even the Apple II and the VIC 20 run linux. I know the same could
| not be said about windows.
|
| Kernel panic? hardly:
|
| bradl@aurania:~> uptime
| 10:22:34 up 819 days, 16:06, 3 users, load average: 0.11, 0.04, 0.01
| bradl@aurania:~> uname -a
| Linux aurania 2.4.26 #1 Wed Apr 4 15:53:30 PDT 2006 x86_64 AMD
| Opteron(tm) Processor 142 AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
| bradl@aurania:~>
|
| Your uptime, sir?
|
| Your claim about drivers is a farce. I've been using this kernel
| on not only the above opteron, but also on a 486SX/20. No lack of
| drivers for any reason. Like another poster said, your lack of research
| kills any and all credibility you and your claims have.
|
| In short, your arrogance is only overshadowed by your ignorance.
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| BL.
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| Brad Littlejohn | Email: (e-mail address removed)
| Unix Systems Administrator, | (e-mail address removed)
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