OK, this actually calls for a cheatsheet/FAQ on getting "too nice" thingies out of your way in say 3 most market-established "branding" distros (RedHat, SuSE, Mandrake) and maybe repacking some packages.
Say we call it de-branding:-) Why? On one side it is very true that Linux is linux and that "branding" sugar icing can start geting in the way. On the other side, one also goes with a bran in since he reeeealy doesn't have the time or reason to go picking individual parts and then maintaining it. On the third side, one can easily be faced with the need to run/administer at least 2 different distros, in which case going to common and universal fast, becomes very noble cause.
Can it be an issue with different filesystems, or some special slant on SCSI? Original posting said "bits of hardware that could never be properly configured" which sounds to me like there was something not considered as commonly used by distro makers.
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OK, this actually calls for a cheatsheet/FAQ on getting "too nice" thingies out of your way in say 3 most market-established "branding" distros (RedHat, SuSE, Mandrake) and maybe repacking some packages. Say we call it de-branding :-) Why? On one side it is very true that Linux is linux and that "branding" sugar icing can start geting in the way. On the other side, one also goes with a bran in since he reeeealy doesn't have the time or reason to go picking individual parts and then maintaining it. On the third side, one can easily be faced with the need to run/administer at least 2 different distros, in which case going to common and universal fast, becomes very noble cause.
Can it be an issue with different filesystems, or some special slant on SCSI? Original posting said "bits of hardware that could never be properly configured" which sounds to me like there was something not considered as commonly used by distro makers.