Re: tlug: GUI Linux reliability vs other OS

[Rex Walters <rex@example.com>]

Even if linux's "gui" (X) were equally unreliable (as NT), it's
possible to kill and restart X without rebooting the whole damn
machine.

OTOH, memory leaks, etc. seem far more common with X apps than
command line or curses based apps.  On my box, netscape and
(admittedly old, bugridden versions of) windowmaker are the most
common reasons for me to restart X.

Regards,
-- 
Rex

On Wed, Aug 12, 1998 at 06:16:47AM -0400, Gavin Walker wrote:
> I realize that I might be opening a can of worms here, but what the
> hell.
> 
> The reason I'm posting this is that I seem to spend an inordinate
> amount of my work time restarting NT boxes, and the web design people
> that I work with are constantly bitching about the reliability of their
> Macs. We also have to restart both the Windows machines and the Macs
> every time we install anything.
> 
> Strikes me that the most stable machines in our office are our boring,
> no GUI, Unix boxes that just sit there happily and churn. On the other
> hand, for us they aren't pleasant to use. I realize that the relative
> niceness of a Unix command line versus any GUI is debatable, but for
> doing web stuff *some* kind of GUI is pretty necessary.
> 
> Does anyone have any stats about the reliability of Linux with a GUI
> versus other OSs. I've seen loads of stuff about how reliable Linux is
> as a web/file server, but never with any kind of graphical interface.
> We're in the mood for being (moderately) radical, so it might be
> interesting to set one of our design folks up with a Linux machine.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> Gav
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