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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:HER new hardware device? by flyneye · · Score: 0, Troll

    they were of course speaking of the new microsoft USB vibrator.generally hers but hey who am i to judge?

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  2. Re:Neat! by gatkinso · · Score: 0, Troll

    Until MS comes up with The Next Great Idea the the open source community can't/won't plagarise that is.

    Don't get me wrong - I am somewhat of a Linux fanboy - but I find it ironic that everyone bashes MS while at the same time blatantly rips off their concepts.... GNOME, KDevelop, Hardware Abstraction Layer.

    Oh I know: now start with the purile Xerox and Apple stories and oblique references to blowfish.

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  3. Re:Yeah by FooBarWidget · · Score: 0, Troll

    Your short-sighted response shows that you're just a MS zealot who can't stand criticism.