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LinuxWorld Response to 'How to Kill Linux'
aneroid writes "In response to John Dvorak's "How to Kill Linux" column, LinuxWorld has a riposte to the columnist's assertations. From the article: "Because most of the time, with mainstream devices, I work out of the box. For the "savvy user" and OEM builder, the Linux driver "problem" isn't the problem it was. The days when my poor user had to sweat blood to get me onto a laptop are long gone. Sure, if I get slung onto some random old machine there are still wrinkles, but from what I see on the Windows support forums, that's hardly unique." <update> The story is actually from GrokLaw originally - credit where credit is due.
I'm surprised that one would have a six year struggle with Linux and not find a distro that fit their needs
I've tried SuSE, Redhat, and Debian and have had nothing but grief except for a somewhat agreeable platform to do my C programming assignments with in college. I guess the problem is that I'm more of a consumer than a producer. I tend to play games, watch movies, listen to music, browse the web etc 90% of the time w/ my pc...I don't run a webserver or an ftp site or a central databse etc.
I guess that's why Linux is still an engineers-only kind of OS after so many years. It's more of an engine than a car, most people just want to get from A to B.
The government has a defect: it's potentially democratic. Corporations have no defect: they're pure tyrannies. -Chomsky
Ok then, if this is not a problem, why is there no drivers for these two devices. They work on Windows 95/98/2000/XP? Please someone point me to the drivers. If there packages for FC3, even better.
Hey and you know, MS has one installation method, how about Linux?
it's the attitude of the people that modded me down that will keep the linux community under microsoft forever.