Re: Linux? Maybe next time
From: Kevin Nathan (knathan_at_project54.com)
Date: 05/25/04
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Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 02:16:14 -0600
On Tue, 25 May 2004 05:02:47 GMT
"Hank Oredson" <horedson@att.net> wrote:
> Even her old Win98
> box it's just "plug it in, Win goes 'kerplunk', copy the
> pix"
Well, you live a charmed life! :-) I have never had a digital USB camera
"just work" on Win98, and some that didn't even work *with* the CD that'
came with it; but, USB was rather 'bolted on' to Win98 while WinNT/2K
and above work with it much better.
But there are still problems on both systems. One client had Win98 and
his brand new digicam didn't have drivers for it. When he called the
company, they said it had to be WinXP so he went and bought WinXP and
we installed it. Installed the drivers and everything went just fine
(except for the aggravation of two reboots!). Plugged the camera in and
XP instantly rebooted. Worked on that for close to three hours before I
finally got it to work -- and I didn't write it down, and can't remember
what finally worked, so I hope he doesn't have to re-install it, ever!
:-)
I've had some digicam problems on Linux, but nowhere near the number of
problems as seen on Windows. And, with Linux, I can fiddle with drivers
and such and have a good chance to cobble something together -- not a
prayer of doing *that* in Windows . . .
Yes, Windows is easier for many non-technical people; but then, non-
technical people *do not* install Windows. It comes pre-installed and
all drivers setup already. I've done that with Linux for a few totally
non-technical users, and they almost never call me for service, whereas
the Windows clients are calling for help quite frequently -- which, of
course, really helps with my 'spare time' cash flow! :-)
I started out in 1979 with an 8008 experimenter board, programmed micro-
and mini-computers in machine language and assembler (and some really
fun micro-coding on a mini!). My first two output devices were a Model
33 Teletype and a paper punch. My first modem was a 110 baud, acoustic-
coupled device. Some mainframe work, but no programming. Looking back on
all the different OSes, processors and languages I've used, including
one minimal disk OS I wrote with a friend for the OSI C8-P, I can say
Windows is the second worst-coded one in the bunch (the worst being the
one my friend and I worked on -- but it *did* get the job done!).
-- Kevin Nathan (Montana, USA) Open standards. Open source. Open minds. The command line is the front line. Linux 2.4.20-4GB-athlon 1:46am up 2 days 2:11, 7 users, load average: 0.11, 0.25, 0.44
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