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Re: OT: For all the Window haters

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
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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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