Does anyone know how Mac systems (the new UNIX-based ones, to stay on topic for the list :-) compare in this regard? Do they really Just Work? Or do they have these same sorts of problems?
--Dan On Fri, 3 Oct 2003 06:14:07 +0000 (UTC), "Jason Holt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > On Thu, 2 Oct 2003, Richard Todd Carlson wrote: > > important. Its true that Linux has Windows beat hands down as far as > > stability, but what about hardware support? Spending hours trying to > > configure the Linux kernel for specific needs might be an adventure for > > geeks [*] , but the average end user doesn't want to deal with such > > situations. I have yet to find an free solution that can match the > > Everybody's got stories, but just as a reality check, I've spent over 10 > hours > in the last few days trying to get a friend's sound and modem working on > his > WinME box. The sound and modem that came with the machine, and were > working > for several years. After installing and uninstalling drivers and > hardware in > various configurations, the sound card started working for no apparent > reason. > The modem remains hosed, however, and I can't even uninstall the drivers > for > it once I remove it from the system. Worse, I can't install *any* > modems, not > even my *external* USR 28.8k (shudder). It just fails silently. So the > major > difference is that in Linux, when something fails to install you can at > least > dive under the hood and see why. Windows? Reinstall the OS. In either > case, > most users are going to be just as helpless. > > AFAICT, computers are still too complicated to be maintained by normal > users, > period. They need administration - security updates, firewalls, > maintenance, > and that requires time and experience. > > -J ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
