Listing of Vista Drivers
RadarSync writes to plug their page of links to Vista drivers. Listed are many drivers that Microsoft doesn't have and that aren't easily found on the manufacturer's sites. For Intel alone, 364 drivers are currently linked.
Every major release since 2004 of suse, ubuntu, mandrake, and knoppix have all run out of the cd with my machines (3) so far. I too have had to upgrade my nvidia drivers to have reasonably a good display, but I've had to do that with XP and Vista too. Vista also couldn't use either of my network cards, printer and scanner didn't work but drivers were available for download. Not so for the network cards. The difference? I can't see any logical reason to pay a company for software to not work with my computer, restricting my ability to use my computer as I wish.
My brother bought a Dell and has had no end of trouble. This on hardware "designed" for Vista. Don't be a mug, don't pay for beta.
Yes. I am sure the next version of n linux will improve over time. Hence my testimonial. I believe in open source philosophy, be that in linux/bsd/plan9/solaris/etc. I believe variety makes a better world than monopoly. I will learn/preach/teach open source until I am persuaded of a better path. More than likely I won't pay more than $70 for it.
Semi-automatic amateur armchair Australian philosopher; conjecture ready at any moment...