Re: [newbie] Samsung says: "CD Writers don't work under Linux."

2004-01-28 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 28 January 2004 04:45, anton wrote: > > Is the quote still there? I can't see it... what is the faq? > Cheers > Anton > ps Worried Samsung people? Seems so - they've removed it. The link Joe gave took you straight to the quote, but if you check the FAQ (hit 'List' at the bottom of t

Re: [newbie] Samsung says: "CD Writers don't work under Linux."

2004-01-27 Thread anton
"Almost no CD writer available in the market is compatible with Linux/Unix. The only recommended operating systems for using CD writers are Windows 95/98/2000/XP and NT. The recording programs do not support most of the other operating systems. In other words: under Linux/Unix etc. CD writers will

Re: [newbie] Samsung says: "CD Writers don't work under Linux."

2004-01-26 Thread Richard Urwin
On Monday 26 Jan 2004 11:05 pm, robin wrote: > So why does a company that advertises Linux support for one of its > products give out a stupid press release like this? Linux users are > very partisan. Advertise your product as Linux-compatible and, > better still, provide drivers, and Linux users

Re: [newbie] Samsung says: "CD Writers don't work under Linux."

2004-01-26 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Monday 26 January 2004 05:05 pm, robin wrote: > Tom Brinkman wrote: > > The only item I have that is Samsung is a 19" LCD > > monitor. It claims Linux compatiblity. The manual that came > > with it has very verbose instructions for Xfree86 config. > > None were needed. I re- enabled Harddr

Re: [newbie] Samsung says: "CD Writers don't work under Linux."

2004-01-26 Thread robin
Bryan Phinney wrote: On Monday 26 January 2004 04:54 pm, robin wrote: So Samsung joins LG on my hardware blacklist. Lucky I just bought a Philips CD writer. I hear it's a PITA under Windows, but it works fine (if a little noisily) on Mdk 9.2. Well, your call. I prefer to reserve my own black

Re: [newbie] Samsung says: "CD Writers don't work under Linux."

2004-01-26 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Monday 26 January 2004 03:54 pm, robin wrote: > Ironically, the only manufacturer I know that put "Linux > compatible" on the box was LG. Oops. > > A better way of phrasing Sansung's statement would be "Almost > all CD writers available in the market are compatible with > Linux/Unix, but we pr

Re: [newbie] Samsung says: "CD Writers don't work under Linux."

2004-01-26 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Monday 26 January 2004 04:54 pm, robin wrote: > So Samsung joins LG on my hardware blacklist. Lucky I just bought a > Philips CD writer. I hear it's a PITA under Windows, but it works fine > (if a little noisily) on Mdk 9.2. Well, your call. I prefer to reserve my own blacklist for those th

Re: [newbie] Samsung says: "CD Writers don't work under Linux."

2004-01-26 Thread robin
Bryan Phinney wrote: On Monday 26 January 2004 09:58 am, JoeHill wrote: Quote: "Almost no CD writer available in the market is compatible with Linux/Unix. The only recommended operating systems for using CD writers are Windows 95/98/2000/XP and NT. The recording programs do not support most of th

Re: [newbie] Samsung says: "CD Writers don't work under Linux."

2004-01-26 Thread Dennis Myers
On Monday 26 January 2004 08:58 am, JoeHill wrote: > Quote: > > "Almost no CD writer available in the market is compatible with Linux/Unix. > The only recommended operating systems for using CD writers are Windows > 95/98/2000/XP and NT. The recording programs do not support most of the > other ope

Re: [newbie] Samsung says: "CD Writers don't work under Linux."

2004-01-26 Thread ronald
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 09:58:34 -0500 JoeHill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Quote: > > "Almost no CD writer available in the market is compatible with Linux/Unix. The > only recommended operating systems for using CD writers are Windows > 95/98/2000/X

Re: [newbie] Samsung says: "CD Writers don't work under Linux."

2004-01-26 Thread Anne Wilson
On Monday 26 January 2004 14:58, JoeHill wrote: > Quote: > > "Almost no CD writer available in the market is compatible with > Linux/Unix. The only recommended operating systems for using CD > writers are Windows 95/98/2000/XP and NT. The recording programs do > not support most of the other operat

Re: [newbie] Samsung says: "CD Writers don't work under Linux."

2004-01-26 Thread Paul
On Mon, 2004-01-26 at 16:58, JoeHill wrote: > Quote: > > "Almost no CD writer available in the market is compatible with Linux/Unix. The > only recommended operating systems for using CD writers are Windows > 95/98/2000/XP and NT. The recording programs do not support most of the other > operating

Re: [newbie] Samsung says: "CD Writers don't work under Linux."

2004-01-26 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Monday 26 January 2004 09:58 am, JoeHill wrote: > Quote: > > "Almost no CD writer available in the market is compatible with Linux/Unix. > The only recommended operating systems for using CD writers are Windows > 95/98/2000/XP and NT. The recording programs do not support most of the > other ope

RE: [newbie] Samsung says: "CD Writers don't work under Linux."

2004-01-26 Thread Tony S. Sykes
Samsung Suicide? -Original Message- From: JoeHill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 2:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Samsung says: "CD Writers don't work under Linux." Quote: "Almost no CD writer available in the market is c

[newbie] Samsung says: "CD Writers don't work under Linux."

2004-01-26 Thread JoeHill
Quote: "Almost no CD writer available in the market is compatible with Linux/Unix. The only recommended operating systems for using CD writers are Windows 95/98/2000/XP and NT. The recording programs do not support most of the other operating systems. In other words: under Linux/Unix etc. CD writ