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You have to admit that, from a hardware support point of view, Linux still sucks.
Pantso:
quote:Originally posted by baggab:
It has been my experience with RH 6.1, 8.0 and knoppix 3.2 that there is some truth to the hardware issues. From a complete newbie's position: there's drive mounting with RH 8.0, as an example. I've had issues with video and sound cards, but the time I've wasted trying to make M$ work has been vastely greater.
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Of course there are hardware issues. I've had such myself as well. However, I don't believe anyone can blaim the Linux vendors for that.
I also agree with your last sentence. Sometimes if not all, the time someone wastes to make Windows work is far greater than the time it would take for someone to get Linux to work.
[ May 10, 2003: Message edited by: Panos ]
choasforages:
no longer am i "hacker choas" i shall be now known as "demigod choas"
why you ask, do i deserve to be reconized as one with the system, a hacker far beyound the mortal realm of skills?
working sound on the thinkpad 600, and it wasn't exactly a follow the directions kinda deal, i had to improvise and it was a fight i fought agianst it for a year+ but i was successful.......
linux has the ability to work with really odd combo's of hardware. the only place linux is lacking is on really really rare and expensive hardware that no kernel hacker's have access to. but try to get windows to run on something not x86 based, well, it can, but have fun with a windows CE or some ancient ass copy of nt 3.5 or 4 if your lucky. or that uber lame embedded xp
rant off
Calum:
why did you change from "choas" to "chaos"? you lose your individuality that way.
and what happened to the choas OS distribution by the way?
edit: it should be called ChaOS - huh huh!
[ May 13, 2003: Message edited by: Calum: hopelessly outnumbered ]
baggab:
I must have missed Calum's original thread when I posted my previous remark.
OSS is like a tidal wave, M$ is like a sand castle.
most OSS users know why there are hardware issues: lack of financial incentive on the part of third party vendors.
My flavor of the week: two MSI mother boards (1 is a MS-6309, 2 is a K7T266 Pro2) with on board, Crystal Fusion sound cards. 1 works 2 does not with RH 8.0, I have not tried to tweak these as I have "bigger fish to fry."
spencerpi:
quote: Of course there are hardware issues. I've had such myself as well. However, I don't believe anyone can blaim the Linux vendors for that.
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Maybe, maybe not. It's easy for Linux of course if it can't be blamed for anything eh ?
I installed Mandrake 9.1 last evening but it does not support my Hercules 3D Prophet 4500. I have searched and searched and all I find in forums and sites is "it is not supported".
I haven't tried my cd rom, cd writer, soundcard, scanner and digital camera yet. I don't know if I will since something as elementary as a video card isn't supported.
Linux being able to run on umpteen different platforms is all good and well but no support for your video card kind of takes away the fun and the will to dig deeper into it.
Does anyone have a clue ? Otherwise it's back to W2K. It may suck but at least i can run it in the resolution of my choice.
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