Linux and hardware issues (was: a troll)
From: Mike (me_at_privacy.net)
Date: 05/07/04
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Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 20:51:10 +0100
Llewhtob Ekim <lewhtobm@llebws.ten> wrote:
>OK, I'll try to actually help here. Linux is not a whole lot different
>than Windows when it comes to compatibility. When I switched from 3.1
>to 98...new hardware. When i switched from 98 to 2000....new hardware.
> When I switched from 2000 to XP, ok, no new hardware, but the windoze
>licensing sucks. I'll never buy another XP. Linux has compatibility
>lists, just like windows. Check them out. You may have
>incompatibilities or there may be fixes or ways to make them work,
I have a Diamond Stealth Video VRAM card and a CTX VL950
monitor.. They are both supported by RH7.3 and Mandrake 9 yet
they won't work with either distro. I agree with everything
you've said (OP's trolling notwithstanding), but ISTM that where
M$ have finally got up to speed on hardware issues, Linux is now
lagging way behind.
Sure, any Linux Distro will work on just about any hardware in
command-line mode, but so will just about any version of DOS.
And what really anoys me is that the GUI display test during
installation works fine every time, then it just dies the first
time the OS is actually run.
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