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USB 2.0 for Linux Coming Soon
itwerx writes "There's an article on MSNBC about USB 2.0 support in Linux. Interesting to see that the open source community is less than a year behind the most powerful software company in the world in supporting it. Does that make us the second most powerful now? :)"
I'm going to have to agree with most people so far - almost a year behind means "we" suck.
I installed a USB 2.0 card in my machine, and the system recognizes it as a USB 1.0 device, but it operates a HELL of a lot faster in Windows, even with USB 1.0 devices. Then again, there are no Linux drivers for most of my USB hardware, so that point is irrelevant really.
About the only thing I can do in Linux with USB is sync my iPaq. BUt there's nothign to sync it WITH. lol
"Champagne for my real friends - and real pain for my sham friends!" http://ericblade.postalboard.com/
Stbility is king, and that is why Linux has entered the enterprise first, not the desktop.
Um... actually, Linux is used on servers more than on desktops because the Linux desktop experience is like having your fingernails pulled out. It's unbelievably awful. I don't like Windows at all, but I'd rather use Windows than Linux on my desktop. At least I can accomplish things with Windows.
I'm sorry to break this to you, but Linux sucks and is illegal. Now Windows XP, thats a REAL OS not like the FAKE LINUX OPERATING SYSTEM. Buy it or die plz.