I am really getting sick of all these comments about user-friendly linux and how this is the magic bullet we need. The truth is I could not care less about having pretty icons, and flashy graphics. My biggest gripe with Linux is driver support. There is not nearly enough for it. Vendors do not care what you run, and in the case of some wireless vendors have refused to give any support. This has cost so many developers time, as they reverse engineer the constant in-flux of new hardware.
Windows never has this issue. Partially since vendors provide drivers until Windows places something into the system. There are valid criticism in the driver support, and the best solution is not to keep reverse engineering them, but to have vendors support them. The only way I can think of is boycotting them.
and then i am reminded
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In the os war before a linux came onto the main scene but after microsoft became known as the evil corporation, people were saying if it were apple that had been triumphant we would be in better shape. It's articles like this that clearly show that neither company is moral in it's business practices. Forcing a company to stop it's actions because it threatens the small population of customers that apple has.
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I am really getting sick of all these comments about user-friendly linux and how this is the magic bullet we need. The truth is I could not care less about having pretty icons, and flashy graphics. My biggest gripe with Linux is driver support. There is not nearly enough for it. Vendors do not care what you run, and in the case of some wireless vendors have refused to give any support. This has cost so many developers time, as they reverse engineer the constant in-flux of new hardware.
Windows never has this issue. Partially since vendors provide drivers until Windows places something into the system. There are valid criticism in the driver support, and the best solution is not to keep reverse engineering them, but to have vendors support them. The only way I can think of is boycotting them.
In the os war before a linux came onto the main scene but after microsoft became known as the evil corporation, people were saying if it were apple that had been triumphant we would be in better shape. It's articles like this that clearly show that neither company is moral in it's business practices. Forcing a company to stop it's actions because it threatens the small population of customers that apple has.
It was in New York a couple months ago. Did you get the cd?