Dai, for Creative Sound Blaster, if i read it right in the Slashdot there is a beta release of the driver, and since Dell is selling hardware based on X3100 and Blaster Audigy HD, i think there should be some work around to get it working. I might be wrong but, do give it a try.
On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 8:02 PM, { K I R A N } <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, you are right Shishir, > Some hardware company make the devices only for Windows, like as you > mentioned winmodem, and wintvtunner. And another difficulty is really lack > of driver support, for example one of my colleagues want to use ubuntu and > he has *Creative Sound Blaster Audigy HD* sound card. He tried so much > options but could not get the solution. One of my friend want to use the > full feature of his display card *Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100*, > but he can use only vesa driver for this device and with this driver he > can not use smooth compiz efficts... > > I am also trying to use my tvtunner in ubuntu.. but could not get the > solution. My Sound driver is working good in sound out but it misbehave > while I try to use as sound record/capture.. > > These all things make users difficult to switch or use Linux as their first > choice OS. > > How can we find the solution for these issues? If we can suggest one click > solution to those users then Linux will be more popular. > > Himali > > > > > > > On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 6:01 PM, Shishir Jha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> One of the biggest hindrance towards adoption of Linux has always been >> that all the system hardware is not supported by the kernel. I don't know >> how true this statement is in today's context. Modern distros like Ubuntu, >> Fedora, SuSE, etc have an exceptional hardware support and it is evident >> from the fact that almost all of the machines today function out of the box. >> However, as Jwalanta rightfully said in twitter, its a pain in Windows, >> specially when you dont have your driver CD by your side for rescue. If just >> in case you dont have the CD, wow, you got to find the right hardware first, >> then scour the internet for the drivers and finally download then, which at >> times is more than few hundred MBs. Finally, after finding all the drivers >> (i.e., if your NIC or Modem works without the drivers), it will take a good >> part of an hour and good number of restarts before all your hardware drivers >> are installed and ready for use. And people say its still difficult to run, >> use Linux. :) >> >> I agree to the fact that there are still many shortcomings in number and >> type of hardware supported by Linux (winmodem being the most crucial one), >> we have to admit the fact that, Linux does support more hardware than >> Windows does when it comes to 'out of the box' manner. So, though Linux >> still has some quirks as far as support and availability off the shelf >> drivers are concerned, I think its better than M$ in almost every respect >> and I personally love it for what it is. >> >> Godspeed Linux, OSS and its derivatives. >> >> -- >> Shishir Jha >> EPC 1970,GPO 8975, >> KTM,NEPAL >> >> >> > > > > -- Shishir Jha EPC 1970,GPO 8975, KTM,NEPAL --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ FOSS Nepal mailing list: foss-nepal@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---