Re: [PLUG] Linux and driver blues...

2009-12-31 Thread Mike Connors
Michael Robinson wrote: On the ReactOS forums, it has been suggested that Linux lacks a coherent driver model so that every driver has to be ported every time a new kernel comes out. Is this true? It has been suggested that Linux doesn't do well with proprietary drivers from one kernel to

[PLUG] Community Colocation Project?

2009-12-31 Thread Mike Connors
It's that time of year when I start to get all those crazy ideas for projects to take on in the new year. When I lived in the Bay Area for a short time I discovered with much glee the San Francisco Community Colocation Project [http://sfccp.net/node/1]. It is a community-based provider of

Re: [PLUG] Local ISPs and Home Hosted IP Services

2009-12-31 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 31 Dec 2009, Robert McIntosh wrote: I noticed that EasyStreet no longer offers what was once called the Enthusiast ISP package. I'm looking for something similar for a small volume, no e-commerce, web site that I'll host on my own box. Robert, I've no idea what that package

Re: [PLUG] Linux and driver blues...

2009-12-31 Thread Michael Robinson
Thank you for the link, it was very informative. I too am impressed for the most part by what Linux does support. I especially found the get involved with LF if you are an IHV interesting. I've run hardware names through google adding Linux to to find out if it works over the years. On Thu,

Re: [PLUG] Linux and driver blues...

2009-12-31 Thread Mike Connors
Michael Robinson wrote: I've run hardware names through google adding Linux to to find out if it works over the years. Hmm, interesting search results. I recently started using the [http://www.google.com/linux] for any Linux oriented searches. The search results were mostly the same on the

Re: [PLUG] Linux and driver blues...

2009-12-31 Thread Daniel Johnson
I've been working on learning how to do Linux Device Driver development so though I am not an expert I might be able to help with some of these questions. On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 11:26 PM, Michael Robinson plu...@robinson-west.com wrote: I have qc-usb-0.6.6 source code from Sourceforge for my