[Testing] small gitch with the Best OS ever

Mitch Bradley wmb at laptop.org
Mon Aug 9 16:17:28 EDT 2010


I wonder what the (hopefully even better) successor to os850 will be called?

Caryl Bigenho wrote:
>
> 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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