Comments on: Surprise, surprise http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/11/26/surprise-surprise/ K.Mandla's blog of Linux experiences Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:19:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: bpalone http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/11/26/surprise-surprise/#comment-46546 Fri, 26 Nov 2010 16:52:52 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/?p=5241#comment-46546 I’ll give that a firm plus one (+1). 2K is OK and XP is tolerable. beyond that, I haven’t seen or heard anything making me even want to look at it.

As a side note. Windows has been loosing market share for the last several years. Nothing huge, but shrinking. They may no longer be the 900 pound gorilla in the room, but they are still a good 850 pounds.:-)

]]> By: scannerdarkly http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/11/26/surprise-surprise/#comment-46545 Fri, 26 Nov 2010 16:42:46 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/?p=5241#comment-46545 Gotta have blazing fast fiber optic to download those Jamendo albums, even if it doesn’t require 1hr to install!

]]> By: llewton http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/11/26/surprise-surprise/#comment-46543 Fri, 26 Nov 2010 16:19:10 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/?p=5241#comment-46543 I thought it might be cable via usb port or something… because I have cable service and connect via network card (linux plug’n'play), but the modem can also be used via usb, I got a CD with windows drivers from the ISP for this… praise the lord never had to test how that goes, but I have a friend who did. I just remembered after I commented that he too had to install windows to get it going. Damn where would I even find windows if I needed it for something like that :D

]]> By: K.Mandla http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/11/26/surprise-surprise/#comment-46542 Fri, 26 Nov 2010 13:16:30 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/?p=5241#comment-46542 I’d be willing to echo that with Windows 2000, and give XP a begrudging nod. After that though, I haven’t seen anything that really impressed. To each his/her own though, of course. … :roll:

]]> By: K.Mandla http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/11/26/surprise-surprise/#comment-46541 Fri, 26 Nov 2010 13:14:54 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/?p=5241#comment-46541 Sorry, I didn’t explain that well. In my case, the line is owned by NTT, but the service provider actually makes things happens. I subscribe to a fiber-optic-to-the-curb line with NTT, and pay the service provider for both NTT’s proprietary hardware and the service provider’s … service. :roll:

Getting the hardware to connect to its mother ship out there in NTT land requires software for either XP or a Mac. Otherwise, I don’t know how it would communicate with the modem.

Regardless, once the modem’s control unit is configured, I don’t have to use Windows any more. It’s only for the setup. Now that it’s finished, I’m free again. … :mrgreen:

]]> By: llewton http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/11/26/surprise-surprise/#comment-46540 Fri, 26 Nov 2010 12:35:17 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/?p=5241#comment-46540 I don’t get it either. I think I’d die if I had to keep a copy of windows just to set up my internet.

Anyway it pains me to hear that anyone’s offline :) So it’s good to read this…

]]> By: Rex Rollman http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/11/26/surprise-surprise/#comment-46539 Fri, 26 Nov 2010 12:00:40 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/?p=5241#comment-46539 You know, I’ve generally had pretty good experiences with the NT line of Windows (NT,2000,XP,Vista,7). From what I have observed, drivers are the biggest cause of instability in Windows outside of viruses.

]]> By: scannerdarkly http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/11/26/surprise-surprise/#comment-46537 Fri, 26 Nov 2010 10:55:57 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/?p=5241#comment-46537 I don’t understand why you had to install XP or if I’m reading it wrong, K.

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