Personally I do not recommend products that do not support Linux/FreeBSD. Because I use those operating systems? That's part of it yes, but mainly because Linux tends to expose crappy products. Look at the board in question here: "Badly written table". I have yet to see a product where they cut corners in ONE place only. Usually if they're sloppy in one respect, there's a whole nest of other problems you're not even aware of. In the windows world manufacturers like to hide behind smoke and mirrors in binary drivers, and people blame windows for instability. Simply put many hardware manufacturers that release drivers/documentation for Linux are not afraid to do so because it's more than likely they're actually releasing quality products or are at least not afraid to admit to errors and will probably be more likely to fix them. Even if you only use Windows that's an important thing to consider.
It's just the simple fact that Linux users are pushed around because if you don't run Windows then you aren't a computer user. I understand that companies want to sell their products so they tailor them to Windows because most of US uses it. But if they are going to include a Linux table then why not make it work? I mean why write something that's not going to work in the first place? That's what M$ does.
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now we destroy mars just like we are destroying earth. join now!
just proves once more that nukes have no value.
OMG? You ride the bus? I get that all the time.
Personally I do not recommend products that do not support Linux/FreeBSD. Because I use those operating systems? That's part of it yes, but mainly because Linux tends to expose crappy products. Look at the board in question here: "Badly written table". I have yet to see a product where they cut corners in ONE place only. Usually if they're sloppy in one respect, there's a whole nest of other problems you're not even aware of. In the windows world manufacturers like to hide behind smoke and mirrors in binary drivers, and people blame windows for instability. Simply put many hardware manufacturers that release drivers/documentation for Linux are not afraid to do so because it's more than likely they're actually releasing quality products or are at least not afraid to admit to errors and will probably be more likely to fix them. Even if you only use Windows that's an important thing to consider.
It's just the simple fact that Linux users are pushed around because if you don't run Windows then you aren't a computer user. I understand that companies want to sell their products so they tailor them to Windows because most of US uses it. But if they are going to include a Linux table then why not make it work? I mean why write something that's not going to work in the first place? That's what M$ does.