On 18 Dec 1999, Marc SCHAEFER wrote:
> Gerard Roudier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I didn't miss the actual causes that confused you. I just wanted to say
> > that trusting first the _genuine_ linux kernel material rather than
> > some derivative work or useless complement would have helped you a lot
> > better, in my opinion.
>
> The problem I would think is that most people (especially when coming
> with a MS-* environment background) expect that they have to download
> drivers from the manufacturer's WWW server for the hardware to be used
> at its best.
Agreed.
> With Linux, the OS supplied drivers are usually more reliable and perform
> better than the hardware manufacturer's. This is especially true with
> Tekram: the `generic' (ncr53c8xx, sym53c8xx) chip driver works much
> better than the Tekram official driver, one reason being that the
> generic driver is still maintained because of people like You,
> Gerard.
My point was not only the Tekram drivers that have been a zero value-added
since day one they have existed, but also the suggested way for "how to
install the O/S and configure the kernel" shoe-horned by some Linux based
O/S package. FYI, my experience about RedHat 6.1, based on colleagues that
tried to install it, is about zero full success and always problems using
hardware of the day (8xx not involved in this failing process). Given that
these people often confuse RedHat and Linux, and paid a non negligible
price for the package, some unfair noise did occur about Linux in this
place. If the aim was to have maximum of people using this O/S but
claiming all the time that it is shit as this often occur for Microsoft
O/Ses, then it is a full success, btw.
G�rard.
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