> Subject: Re: [opensuse] vote on Lenovo > Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 16:59:41 +0200 > > > Clint Tinsley wrote: > > > I was Mandrake (now Mandriva) user for a while and I am still on > > their list(s) so I am getting email from them urging that I "vote" > > for Mandrake on Lenova laptops. > > same here, I got this info from mandriva :-) > > Too bad that LSB (Linux Standards > > Base, choose your version) has not really caught fire so that > > hardware level drivers could be "cross distribution." > > but the hardware driver *are* cross distribution compatible, by > nature is they are opensource
Just being Opensource doesn't mean drivers will work on all distros. And using Nvidia as an example, drivers are not opensource but written/available for Linux and depending on which distro you may want to use them determines how much of a head stand you may have to do to get them to work. Network Card, particularly wireless, is a real roll of the dice as to which distro they may work "out of the box." Just the state of the world we work in. -Clint -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
