On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Samuel W. Heywood wrote: > The problem is far worse than simply that. The problem also has > to do with the fact that new computer systems are being marketed > with artificial modems and artificial printers and other items of > artificial hardware and peripheral devices. If the systems were > provided with real hardware they would have to raise their prices. > If quality is what you want you have to pay a higher price. Linux > should not be installed in systems having artificial hardware.
I agree it shouldn't be. Any time you use CPU cycles to emulate hardware, you're stealing cycles which could be used for the real tasks at hand. (What Bill Gates calls "excess" CPU cycles. Blah!) > Linux will not even recognize any of the inferior and ersatz devices. However... if you are STUCK with wincrap hardware, all may not be lost. There are a growing number of kernel modules available to steal your CPU cycles in the quest to emulate hardware. http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Linmodem-HOWTO.html - Steve
