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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. Whoops! by scapermoya · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "oops, you wanted a driver for an ipod? not a printer? my bad..." Not even microsoft is stupid enough to puch drivers into your lap.

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