[plug] Best of the worst..

[Simon Scott]

	Two things

	a) Stick with Win98. I find the very latest 4 in 1 drivers are
usually crap, use the 'stable' ones. Win2000 is a bigger dog than 98. And
most stuff is still geared towards 98 (3D stuff especially)


	b) Yes, Linux behaves very well on these boards. It is quite
impressive (and I showed this to a few people who couldnt believe it) when
Windows 98 dies due to the motherboard change (it never recovers and changes
the drivers correctly) requiring a reinstall, whereas Harddrake et al just
say 'Hey, youve got a new device! Should I install it?' and 'Hey, youve lost
a device! Should I remove it?' a few times next boot and then returns to
100% functionality.






	From:	Nathan D <natdan at pobox.com> on 30/07/2001 09:09 AM
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	Subject:	[plug] Best of the worst..

	Hi all,

	Having just put together a new machine (AMD Duron 800 & Abit KT7A
m/board) I had no end of troubles until the right BIOS/4in1 driver
combination made Windows happy.  Of course RH7.1 went straight on without
any problems... a good incentive to make the step to linux on the desktop
:)  
	After speaking with a few "experts" I have been told that Win 2k
will give me a lot less trouble, while others have reported it as resource
hungry.  I currently use Win98SE and am wondering if an upgrade to 2k would
be advantageous?  Not sure on compatibilities with any Windows emulators,
Samba etc?
	Any info will be appreciated.
	 


	regards,
	  Nathan

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