Re: SuSE 10.1 & openSUSE 10.2 - what hardware?

Paul J Gans wrote:
John Bowling <johnlb2002@xxxxxxx> wrote:
J L Strider wrote:
I'm trying to find a new PC on which to run Linux & (for the time being)
Windows. Every one that I've looked at is incompatible with SuSE 10.1,
openSUSE 10.2, or both - this is because, usually, of motherboard
problems such as the JMicron controller on recent Asus boards or failure
to recognize the NIC on other boards.

Before I give up & go for a Windows-only PC or even a Mac, does anyone
know of PCs that will run SuSE 10.1 or openSuSE 10.2?

NB: I live in the UK.

For a glimpse into the future, read:
http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.txt
and just see what MS and Hollywood is going to do to you!
This is were the Big Brother of 1984 is, enabled by government.

Not if you run linux they won't. You may not be able to
view the latest Paris Hilton scandal right away, but then,
if you watch her your brain will rot.

The point here is that new hardware, in order to meet the requirements
of Hollywood and MS's support of Hollywood's desire for outrageous
profits, will have to be so unique and require specific drivers where
the workings cannot be released to any open source programmers - they
figure it would somehow get into the hands of counterfeiters and bypass
all of their protection schemes.

And they don't believe that to work with an open source system, you
don't need to have the drivers open sourced - so they refuse to allow
drivers to be made for open source. That's the primary point behind
SuSE having so many things broken - to be an active, participating
member of the MS/Hollywood conspiracy and dumb down anything that might
provide a path to usability.

And there are problems with SuSE's current restriction where I cannot
view video and audio files produced for general public consumption, such
as news clips on news networks web sites.

Strange, the price of DVD Movies is cheap enough (and movies rarely good
enough) for me to want to ever consider making a copy. I'll buy an
official copy of any I do want.

John
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