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| From | Rob Morley <nospam@ntlworld.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.raspberry-pi |
| Subject | Re: OT: For all the Window haters |
| Date | 2015-08-06 00:58 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <20150806005812.2730ca59@ntlworld.com> (permalink) |
| References | <GDuwx.182807$2K5.32171@fx31.am4> |
On Wed, 05 Aug 2015 21:47:32 +0100 mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> wrote: > This is back to front. Normally it's Windows that just works. With > Linux, especially on a laptop, you expect to have a bit of mucking > about needed to get things like laptop special keys to work (LCD > brightness etc.) or Wifi needing some extra firmware or maybe a > command line option so graphics works. I've been running Windows > since before Win 3.0 and Linux since 1998 on SPARC, PA-Risc, MIPS, > Arc, ARM, all Intel/AMD x86s, Hitachi SH3/SH4 and never have I had a > case where the drivers/hardware works on Linux but not on Windows. > > This can only mean that Linux on the desktop has finally arrived and > I didn't notice! It also taught me it's probably best to avoid Intel > Wifi hardware and software irrespective of the OS. > Linux hardware detection and driver installation has been a lot better in the last two or three years. At least that's how it seems to me, mostly using *buntu and other Debian based distros.
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OT: For all the Window haters mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2015-08-05 21:47 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Rob Morley <nospam@ntlworld.com> - 2015-08-06 00:58 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> - 2015-08-06 07:48 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters David Taylor <david-taylor@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> - 2015-08-06 08:43 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> - 2015-08-06 10:28 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Rob <nomail@example.com> - 2015-08-06 09:57 +0000
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Brian Reay <no.sp@m.com> - 2015-08-06 10:58 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> - 2015-08-06 14:55 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-08-06 19:27 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2015-08-06 19:46 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> - 2015-08-06 20:59 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Graham. <me@privicy.net> - 2015-08-07 00:22 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2015-08-07 17:12 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters notbob <notbob@nothome.com> - 2015-08-07 16:22 +0000
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-08-06 09:55 +0000
Re: OT: For all the Window haters The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-08-06 10:38 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2015-08-07 08:18 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Jim Diamond <Jim.Diamond@deletethis.AcadiaU.ca> - 2015-08-07 18:53 -0300
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Rob <nomail@example.com> - 2015-08-08 08:13 +0000
Re: OT: For all the Window haters The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-08-08 10:01 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2015-08-08 14:14 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Rob <nomail@example.com> - 2015-08-08 13:31 +0000
Re: OT: For all the Window haters mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2015-08-09 00:14 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Rob <nomail@example.com> - 2015-08-09 07:22 +0000
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-08-09 10:11 +0000
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Rob <nomail@example.com> - 2015-08-09 11:28 +0000
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Rob Morley <nospam@ntlworld.com> - 2015-08-09 13:30 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-08-09 16:00 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Rob <nomail@example.com> - 2015-08-09 18:04 +0000
Re: OT: For all the Window haters mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2015-08-09 20:11 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-08-09 14:06 +0000
Re: OT: For all the Window haters druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2015-08-09 21:32 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Rob <nomail@example.com> - 2015-08-09 21:16 +0000
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2015-08-10 11:05 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-08-10 13:51 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-08-10 17:13 +0000
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2015-08-11 11:40 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Tony van der Hoff <tony@vanderhoff.org> - 2015-08-11 13:07 +0200
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-08-11 12:59 +0000
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2015-08-15 09:44 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-08-15 10:07 +0000
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Rob Morley <nospam@ntlworld.com> - 2015-08-15 16:13 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-08-15 19:54 +0000
Re: OT: For all the Window haters The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-08-15 23:59 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-08-16 00:13 +0000
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Paul <paul@pcserviceselectronics.co.uk> - 2015-08-16 11:02 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-08-16 12:58 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-08-16 10:51 -0400
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-08-16 19:05 +0000
Re: OT: For all the Window haters druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2015-08-16 23:03 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-08-16 22:55 +0000
Re: OT: For all the Window haters druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2015-08-17 21:46 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Mike Fleming <{mike}@tauzero.co.uk> - 2015-08-16 14:26 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2015-08-16 17:02 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2015-08-16 17:02 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-08-16 19:18 +0000
Re: OT: For all the Window haters "Kerr Mudd-John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2015-08-18 19:39 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-08-09 15:56 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Tonton Th <tTh@nowhere.invalid> - 2015-08-09 14:59 +0000
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-08-09 16:55 +0000
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-08-09 16:38 -0400
Re: OT: For all the Window haters mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2015-08-09 19:55 +0100
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