On 11/07/2017 06:22 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 8:43 PM, ToddAndMargo <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> On 11/07/2017 04:59 PM, David Sommerseth wrote:
> 

> "Continual Improvement" also means "continual failure". Been there,
> done that. Most businesses, and many home users, simply cannot afford
> the cost of leading edge technologies.

I can't afford to have my Contacts and Tasks wiped out
by the OS being too out of date to accept fixes and
an OS vendor that won't fix it.  So it works both ways.

And speaking of been there and done that, I see what you
speak of ALL-THE-TIME in the Windows World.  On my Windows VM's,
I disable the updates as I do not have the patience for
the hassles they cause.  (They are hardly ever used and
have limited access to the Internet.  Mostly they are
for research purposes).  So I know from where you come.

And speaking of FUD, why is it the XP is SOOOOO dangerous
because it is not supported by M$ and still gets broken into
less that Windows 7?    Hmmmmmmm.  Marketing guys work on
that one really well!

>> And you know the Cxxx series of chipsets have been around
>> for a while now.  Just not long enough to be out of
>> production at which point it will appear on Red Hat
>> compatibility list.
> 
> Nonsense. Our friends over at Red Hat are continuously supporting
> leading edge *server* hardware. 

Niko!  The C236 chipset *IS* a server grade chipset!
And it has been around for a long time.  No doubt Red Hat
will eventually support it in about five years, which is
typical of them and useless to me.

> laptop and many business class
> chipsets evolve, and hae unannounced upgrades far too frequently, to
> expect the same support.

RHEL and Clones are perfect for running a computer as
an appliance, which is what you describe.

My problem is that I have been trying to pound a square peg
into a round hole.  RHEL is a really poor choice for a system
that has a lot of innovation going on on it.