Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!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 15:24:20 -0700 Lines: 30 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 b09xeQtLTGQMWkLxlRuZhA1AYtbabQiTWz48t9SmF9G5EQGgv9 Cancel-Lock: sha1:Mpcm4GhuvVu4dBzBX92OlgjMW1E= User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/12.28.0.101117 Thread-Topic: Why do I need to run Linux again? Seriously Thread-Index: Acv7u91GfFEp8CSgwUuYZaaYh0Nyjg== Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.os.linux.advocacy:15950 comp.os.linux.setup:261 The Natural Philosopher stated in post ioa821$2sk$8@news.albasani.net on 4/15/11 12:58 PM: > Snit wrote: >> RonB stated in post io93vs$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. >> > Gosh. That sounds just like someones windows PC I tried to get working > with wifi. What device? I can look up again what it was with Ubuntu... a USB dongle of somesort. -- [INSERT .SIG HERE]