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Simplifying Linux Driver Installation

Posted by timothy on from the please-and-how dept.

prostoalex writes "O'Reilly Network posts an update on Project Utopia that produced Hardware Abstraction Layer for Linux simplifying device changes. They also link to the Driver on Demand project on SourceForge, whose goal is to create a central database to enable Linux desktops download the drivers automatically when the user plugs in her new hardware device."

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  1. Re:Neat! by Slayk · · Score: 2, Funny

    There was ever a reason?

  2. 5 reasons to believe computers are female by storem · · Score: 3, Funny

    1. No one but their creator understands their internal logic.
    2. Even the smallest mistakes are immediately committed to memory.
    3. The native language used to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to anyone else.
    4. The message "bad command or file name" is about as informative as, "If you don't know what is wrong, then I'm not going to tell you."
    5. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your paycheck on accessories for it.
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    1. Re:5 reasons to believe computers are female by vranash · · Score: 2, Funny

      Funny.. I always found, as soon as you make a commitment to one, you find one better to invariably spend your paycheck on getting to come home with you ;-p

  3. Okay... by iamdrscience · · Score: 4, Funny
    to enable Linux desktops download the drivers automatically when the user plugs in her new hardware device
    What? There are girls using Linux now? Why was I not notified of this!
    1. Re:Okay... by OmegaBlac · · Score: 4, Funny
      What? There are girls using Linux now? Why was I not notified of this!
      Probably because you busy reading man pages.
  4. A scam! by iamdrscience · · Score: 4, Funny
    Hardware Abstraction Layer for Linux simplifying device changes
    Haha! You thought I would be fooled that easily. Hardware Abstraction Layer? You mean HAL? Obviously this project was created by people hoping to expedite the construction of an intelligent machine capable of going awry and killing humans. You sick bastards.
  5. Re:Plug N Pray for Linux by Anonymous+Luddite · · Score: 4, Funny


    what I'm scared of:

    >unkown hardware device detected
    >please wait while linux installs drivers for your new hardware

    Is it too late to contribute to the openBSOD project...?

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  6. From the article ... by MuMart · · Score: 4, Funny
    The kernel is possibly the most critical component in a Linux system.
    Well, I guess it wouldn't be called a Linux system without one :)
  7. And guys wonder why... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Just a friendly warning--- this response is in good fun from a female /.er so don't Flamebait me, but here goes... (Most)guys on /. seem to wonder why they don't have girlfriends... Not only are you comparing a girl to hardware and visa versa (which trust me is not the best pickup line =P) but you're also forgetting that for all the complaining you do about computers/women, you seem to think about little else!

    Oh, btw--- if you are going to compare the two, just realize that a guy who can push the right buttons knows how to handle both computers and women. ;) My /. boyfriend certainly knows how ^_^

    1. Re:And guys wonder why... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      ...visa versa...

      are you blond?