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You have to admit that, from a hardware support point of view, Linux still sucks.
HPC GUY:
Good Fuckin Job calcum!!! *quotes simpsons* "that outta hold those little sob's" :D
mobrien_12:
Plus, Linux STILL supports ISA cards. MS stopped doing that with XP.
I think that gives linux a HUGE edge in peripheral support.
preacher:
Here is my funny little story about linux hardware support. 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. Anyway after a lot of problems, neither of us had sound. Well I got pissed and took the card back, and bought the cheapest, oldest sound card they had at the store ($5). It was so old that it had drivers for MS-Dos 5 and Windows 3.1 included. Anyway I installed it and it works flawlessly. It seems sometimes the older the hardware is, the more likely it will work well with linux.
Calum:
quote:Originally posted by M. O'Brien:
Plus, Linux STILL supports ISA cards. MS stopped doing that with XP.
I think that gives linux a HUGE edge in peripheral support.
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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.
Calum:
the thread there at linuxquestions is actually the sort of thing i would expect to see on this site, it's quite interesting to dip into, and it has actually been on the go for a couple of years. i only started following the thread that would not die about maybe a year ago, when it was maybe 20 pages long, always good to see what even people on a linux site will say to defend windows! :eek:
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