<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 12:01 AM, Crouse <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:crouse@usalug.net">crouse@usalug.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Twice I've had this happen, both times it was related to faulty ram.<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>The only times I've had this happen were because of either hardware problem or running a pre-release distribution.</div><div><br></div>
<div>Linux stability is quite good. And actually, for that matter, the more recent versions of Windows are similar. I think that the threat of malware differentiates it from Linux but if you've got a malware free system and you're experiencing faults or panics I'd seriously look into a hardware prob.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Probably the most interesting hardware prob I had was a CPU fan had sucked in enough dust to give the heatsink a nice, fuzzy, insulating blanket. Therefore certain high-cpu tasks would cause the computer to halt. I vacuumed out the computer and the thing ran for years w/out prob.</div>
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