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Hardware Manufacturers that Actively Support Linux?

Posted by Cliff on from the doing-more-than-paying-lip-service dept.

wirefarm asks: "I know there is are lot of well-supported pieces of hardware for Linux, but I was wondering, which vendors really go out of their way for the community? While tracking down drivers for a wireless PCMCIA card today, I found that the vendor boasted of having Linux support, but it was seemed that they were actually touting drivers that were community-developed, rather than written with any help of the company. So my question is this: Which companies really stand out when it comes to providing specs and developing drivers?"

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  1. Re:Typical response by swagr · · Score: 5, Funny

    This happened to me during an ADSL support call. They switched their DNSs and I wanted to know the new ones.

    "..I'm running on Linux..."

    "O.K. Go to Start... Settings... Control Panel..."

    "No. I'm not running Windows, I use Linux".

    "On a Mac?"

    "I just need to know the DNS numbers."

    "O.K. What's the problem again?"

    "My connection has been working fine. I ping IP addresses but can't resolve domain names. I think you guys switched your DNSs IPs."

    "......"

    "Do you have some numbers beside something that says 'DNS' or 'Domain Name Server'"

    "....... Oh yes."

    "Can I have them."

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