Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!news2.arglkargh.de!news.musoftware.de!wum.musoftware.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Snit Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup Subject: Re: Why do I need to run Linux again? Seriously Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:29:41 -0700 Lines: 22 Message-ID: References: <41c0852c-6e86-4c75-9c44-a6eb58187df5@w7g2000pre.googlegroups.com> <-tednV1yqNQ4bDrQnZ2dnUVZ8g2dnZ2d@lyse.net> <90qfjcFghpU1@mid.individual.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net mmj78iWoUIZrx4Bp4/BPVQ6yzwYcggfOb5PHm8cTr0mc5elzh/ Cancel-Lock: sha1:pfHfrUGewnced3FpG/ZIPgRcRUU= User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/12.28.0.101117 Thread-Topic: Why do I need to run Linux again? Seriously Thread-Index: Acv7mxWJNO7cXDDL90qBqC6ZbaLHRQ== Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.os.linux.advocacy:15809 comp.os.linux.setup:223 RonB stated in post io93vs$bio$2@dont-email.me on 4/15/11 2:43 AM: > On Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:56:03 +0200, Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote: > >> Unfortunately modern hardware is not always well supported by Linux, >> many consumer machines (desktop...netbook) only come with Windows device >> drivers, nothing available for other platforms. That's why I mostly use >> the supplied Windows for the host, and whatever else in VM's. > > I'm curious what hardware you find that is not supported in Linux? Cutting > edge, new stuff? I know for my trailing edge computers Linux has very > little trouble with hardware. I posted recently about the wireless card my friend has. Supported - barely. In other words, it works but the 'net is *slow* and it crashes a lot. -- [INSERT .SIG HERE]