[Testing] small gitch with the Best OS ever

[Caryl Bigenho]

FYI: "Best OS Image Ever" is a term that has been used on the unofficial OLCP News Forum. It has also floated over to FaceBook.  It is referring to os850.
Caryl
> Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 09:39:02 -1000
> From: wmb at laptop.org
> To: fertigc at gmail.com
> CC: testing at lists.laptop.org
> Subject: Re: [Testing] small gitch with the Best OS ever
> 
> It's pretty hard for me to work out what is going on. I've never heard 
> of the "Best OS ever". A Google search for that phrase yields a variety 
> of commentaries, opinions, and spoof articles about various well-known 
> operating systems.
> 
> If there really is an OS of that name, I have to seriously question the 
> judgment of whoever picked that name.
> 
> In general, one will have better results on an XO with a 
> tuned/customized kernel than with a stock kernel from a distro that runs 
> on generic PCs. If the "Best OS ever" has such a generic kernel, it's 
> not surprising that some things don't work flawlessly.
> 
> Charles W Fertig wrote:
> >
> > Installed same. Hangs on reboot about ¼ of the time when using “shutdown”
> >
> > Never hangs (as yet) when I hold down the power key and reboot.
> >
> > Data set = 20
> >
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