Re: Emacs vista build failures

[joakim]

Alan Mackenzie <address@hidden> writes:

>
> The point is that installing MS-Windows _works_.  Most of the time,
> pretty painlessly.  I've done it for a friend a few times.  There was no
> need for me to crawl through HOWTOs or search out kernel documentation
> to make it work.

As a data-point, I've quite often failed to install MS-Windows, and then
flawlessly installed a Fedora GNU/Linux on the same machine. No
magic-incantations, even.

>
> That has not been my experience of GNU/Linux, in particular Debian
> Sarge and some older versions of SuSE.  I accept that others have had
> better experiences installing G/L.
>
> Please don't construe this as me advocating MS-Windows.  I'm not.  It's
> just that reality doesn't go away when you shut your eyes.
>
>> -Miles
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Joakim Verona