And I have more problems come up with Linux than I ever did have with
windows that is why I just got done taking Linux off my HD and putting
windows back on. Linux needs alot of work before it can even come
close to preforming like
windows!!
Where do you want to go today! Windows will get you there almost right out
of the box. Were with Linux it May be a long time coming before you
get every thing working just the way you like (but this may be more the
fault
of the applications you use and not linux itself.)
Doug
- Original Message -
From: Ken Wahl [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2000 1:10 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] OT Linux has on up on windows
On Fri, 18 Aug 2000, Tom Brinkman wrote:
On Fri, 18 Aug 2000, you wrote:
Now i know that this is not very usall, that is why i am going to tell
you all.
Right now we all know how windoze has better hardware support than
linux,
^^
Nope! We all sure damn don't!!
It's prob'ly apparently that way to most 'hands off' users, but
actually the reverse... very unfortunately, is the case.
Windoze has been the most popular OS for the desktop by far for
almost 10 years now. Among the pros and cons of this history,
particularly in the last few years, is that hardware has been
foisted on the unaware 'computing public' that is 'win' hardware.
It's not hard for windoze to 'better' support hardware, when the
hardware is designed solely for, or at least slanted towards
Windoze, and the manufacturers withhold or provide limited support
for any other OS.
Most all computer users that vary from this 'win' computer/
hardware situation, eg, Linux users, soon realize not all hardware
is created equal. First baptism is they find out their modem is
not really a modem, but just a board that has a place to stick a
phone line into. _IF_ you use it with windoze. Next most familiar
plight is they find out they don't really have a printer, it only
works with Windoze. What they prob'ly don't even realize, is that
their super duper 900mhz Intel Inside, brand new ready made ...
runs like a homebuilt 450, since the cpu/cache/ram/drives are takin
on the work load that 'win' hardware shirks and dumps on 'em.
The problem goes a lot deeper than this. With the popularity,
advent, foisted upon ... however you see it... of the 'onboard',
'builtin' video/sound/modem motherboards (absolute junk IMO), users
of OS's other than Micro$h!+, soon find out that the manufacturer's
of this cr@p, either only marginally support, provide only binary
support (eg, Nvidia), or refuse to support any other OS but ... you
guessed it, Winblows.
According to the DOJ, this has been going on because of
illegal arm twisting by M$. It's real hard (I don't know why they
bother) for Linux, BSD, etc., volunteers to try and write drivers
for this sub standard 'win' cr@p, when the manufacturers
won't/don't cooperate. This is the real injustice M$ has caused.
__Not flimsy software... flimsy hardware___
My point: Windoze is responsible for lousy hardware, and lousy
hardware support, even by their own products. OS's like Linux and
BSD are doin a Herculean job, IMO, to do as well as they do
which is often better than Windoze or NT can ...amazing
The result is ALL desktop computer users loose and loose big.
Marginal, junk hardware is dumped on the computing public. BUT,
HEY!, "it works great with Windoze!"
See your point. I'll be looking to do some hardware uprgrades in the
future so I would like to ask if anyone knows if there is a list
maintained somewhere of linux-friendly (ie.real) hardware manufacturers.
Thanks,
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