On Thu, 06 Oct 2011 23:32:15 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 06/10/2011 11:23 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Thu, 06 Oct 2011 19:56:26 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>>
>>> On 06/10/2011 7:48 PM, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>>> There is. And when the BIOS runs, numlock is on. Once the Linux
>>>> kernel finishes loading, it turns off. (And if you press the key to
>>>> turn it back on, it stays on until you log into something...)
>>>
>>> Another reason to give Linux a miss.
>>
>> <shrug>   Works just fine for 99% of the users I've talked to.  And
>> I've talked to a lot of Linux users. :)
>>
> Ye’r not biased by any chance?

Oh, yes, I'm biased, and I don't try to hide it. :)

> Actually I can’t be bothered to learn another OS and like Andrew I’ve
> got lots of s/ware that works on Windoze.

Whereas I can't be bothered to use Windows for the vast majority of what 
I use a computer for these days, and I don't have a collection of Windows 
software holding me back. <gd&rvvvf>

But my point above was that if you're citing "numlock doesn't behave the 
way I'm used to" as "another reason to give Linux a miss", it's not 
really that great of a reason. ;)

Jim

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