Harold Hartley wrote:
> I have been reading lots of post on here about hardware problems with
> the linux.
>
> Well, I installed mandrake's powerpack 7 or mandrake 7.0 and never had
> a problem with a thing...
> My guess is that some have not bothered to see if they had hardware
> supported by linux...
>
> Don't get me wrong or flame me, but most think they can just install
> linux and will run like windows.
> WRONG! , I had looked up to see if my hardware was supported by linux
> when I first started...
>
> I got all the hardware I needed to run linux , then once II put them in
> place, I installed windows (I meant linux)without a hitch..
> now this was the computer I was once running windows on...
> I have injoyed linux since as I had no hassle with hardware confilcts...
>
> anyone can look up the hardware supported by linux by reading the how-to
> on hardware or go to the http://www.linux-mandrake.com and click the
> link for the supported hardware page and take a look at the list...
>
> I'm just letting the newbies know how to find out what linux supports
> for hardware...
