Operating Systems > Linux and UNIX
You have to admit that, from a hardware support point of view, Linux still sucks.
flap:
quote:Originally posted by Calum: hopelessly outnumbered:
i didn't know that! and i think it's pretty pathetic they stopped supporting ISA cards, most people still have ISA slots, even if they have no actual ISA cards, but if they run XP, they have no choice if they ever use those ISA slots. and woe betide those people who do have an ISA card installed. And it's not like they have a problem implementing ISA support in windows, the work has already been done, they just need to include it. there's no logical reason to stop supporting this standard.
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I think any machine old enough to have ISA slots probably won't run XP.
psyjax:
heheheheheh
put another coin in the rant-o-matic
hehehehehe
mobrien_12:
quote:Originally posted by flap:
I think any machine old enough to have ISA slots probably won't run XP.
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Pentium III systems should run XP according to MS specs.
Fett101:
Sisters PC has ISA slots and XP. Badda bing, badda boom.
Faust:
quote:My friend Sam and I both bought brand new sound blaster sound cards about 6 months ago and assumed we would have no problem getting them to work with Mandrake 9.0.
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Those wouldnt be creative soundcards would they? I had some trouble in Red Hat 8 with those. Kept detecting my onboard sound as "primary" and not setting up the Soundblaster Live properly. Disabling onboard sound at the BIOS and then redetecting sound cards works, and if that doesnt have you tried rmmod [currentsoundcarddriver], modprobe emu10k1? Sometimes they wont shove in the emu10k1 drivers even if they detect they card. :rolleyes:
edit : Which also raises the point that Linux has native support for the Free creative emu10k1 module wheras Windows requires the use of a driver CD. Speaking of which how much Windows hardware requires a driver CD/floppy? Far more than Linux i'm willing to guess. (especially for network cards. ;) )
[ May 09, 2003: Message edited by: Faust ]
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