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Joshua Rodman wrote: > > This is not my experience. Windows XP still manages to bluescreen when > doing *crazy* things like trying to rip a CD. Sure I have some assy > driver, but that's exactly the point. > I didn't mention XP since it's apparently less stable than it's predecessors, looks like they are in a blowish mood lately. Not that the X server didn't hang on me, causing what I call a "reboot" (I don't care about the uptime, just my programs). It seems that the reason Linux drivers wedge the machines less than Windows drivers is that Linux lacks drivers for more devices. Isn't a Linux driver capable of fucking up the entire machine just like a Windows driver, and isn't the similarity the result of the pretty similar kernel design of the modern incarnations of these systems, or did I manage to stay totally misinformed? I thought Microsoft researchers were playing with the .NET-based "Singularity" (single memory map and everything managed, effictively emulating a tagged architecture) to solve this (probably only theoretically).There's stuff above here
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