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Windows xp would run for months without any issues. Its all the 8 million background apps and crappy drivers that caused the problems, but windows itself on a g

• mpyne 14y ago
  On the other hand Linux is a lot easier to troubleshoot should something break, and it is much easier to disable or completely remove unnecessary subsystems. I had a Linux-powered laptop on the boat that was critical to a particular training task the CO liked, and it was somehow wedged by a bad shutdown. Knowing what little I did of Linux, bash, etc. at the time I (a random LTJG) was able to figure out how to get the system to boot again, which allowed us to continue training without having to choose between breaking comms or going without that training software for the majority of the remainder of the patrol.