um. cars definitely don't last longer than they used to.
for example, a 1983 Dodge Ram Charger i inherited still runs fine and still has mostly original parts (original engine too), sure it gets 13 miles to the gallon and has had to have some repairs occasionally (every 2 or so years one thing or another tends to go out). but most cars nowardays..well i think honda's now have the longer lasting engines and i doubt most will last much over 10-15 years.
the methods of today tend to be: build it cheap, trash it and buy a new one when it breaks.
pre-2.6 kernel i had sound going in 2 minutes in GNOME with a LAPTOP INTEGRATED SOUND CARD.
they support more mainstream soundcards actually.
i used OSS at the time, but 2.6 now has emulation of that and better. never had a problem getting it working on any box or whatever. doesn't even take alot of "technical" know-how in most cases. the problem is people are just ignorant and WANT something to hate about linux:P it has some very unpleasent qualities...but sound is definitely not an achilles heel.
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um. cars definitely don't last longer than they used to. for example, a 1983 Dodge Ram Charger i inherited still runs fine and still has mostly original parts (original engine too), sure it gets 13 miles to the gallon and has had to have some repairs occasionally (every 2 or so years one thing or another tends to go out). but most cars nowardays..well i think honda's now have the longer lasting engines and i doubt most will last much over 10-15 years. the methods of today tend to be: build it cheap, trash it and buy a new one when it breaks.
pre-2.6 kernel i had sound going in 2 minutes in GNOME with a LAPTOP INTEGRATED SOUND CARD. they support more mainstream soundcards actually. i used OSS at the time, but 2.6 now has emulation of that and better. never had a problem getting it working on any box or whatever. doesn't even take alot of "technical" know-how in most cases. the problem is people are just ignorant and WANT something to hate about linux :P it has some very unpleasent qualities...but sound is definitely not an achilles heel.
what pocket PC do you use ;p mine does terminal services (remote desktop) over wifi for over an hour easy ;/