Re: [PLUG] Tech republic: 10 ways to dodge Linux hardware issues

2010-06-16 Thread alan
On Wed, 16 Jun 2010, Word Wizard wrote: Donÿÿt use very old hardware? I thought one of Linux' selling points was that unlike Windoze Linux supported legacy hardware. In the Linux world "very old hardware" are things like MFM and RLL drives. In the Windows world it is any hardware that is ol

Re: [PLUG] Tech republic: 10 ways to dodge Linux hardware issues

2010-06-16 Thread Word Wizard
Don’t use very old hardware? I thought one of Linux' selling points was that unlike Windoze Linux supported legacy hardware. I'm using a 14 year old HP scanner fed by a Adaptec SCSI card even older. No need to change them out as long as they meet my needs. I was initially lured to try Ubuntu

[PLUG] Tech republic: 10 ways to dodge Linux hardware issues

2010-06-16 Thread Patrick J. Timlick
In case someone hasn't seen this: http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/10things/?p=1582&tag=nl.e101 It's kindergarten material, but some people think everything you need to know is taught in kindergarten. -- Pat -- p.j.timl...@ieee.org www.timlick.com 503-476-3119 10990 NE Paren Springs Rd. Dundee