Just to be fair to Linux this is not a Linux problem. When you buy a device like that and it will only work with Windows is because Microsoft is bullying hardware manufactures to change their driver requirements to that these devices will no longer work with Linux.
It would be nice if Microsoft spent more time on product improvement and less time trying to sabotage their competition but what do you expect from a software company that employs more lawyers then they do computer programmers and spends 10x more on advertising then they do on R&D. Your best bet to buying equipment that will work with Linux when you get it home is look for a sticker on the box that says it works with Windows and Mac. If it only has a works with Windows sticker then it is a good chance it will only work with Windows. Same can be said the other way, if the device only has a works with Mac sticker then you should not buy that either. On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Juan Alberto Cirez <[email protected]>wrote: > Here is a challenge: > Take a trip to your local Office Depot and grab some peripherals at > random (printer, network cards, etc.) see how many of these devices will > work right out of the box in both Windows and > GNU/Linux; then see how easy and/or intuitive would be to "get > everything to work" in both OS. > > Try this and get back to me (or the general list) > -- > > =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= > Juan Alberto Cirez > CFAA/CFAT, AFSA/CFAT-CFET,CIPS/ISP, ASTTBC/CFET, CHI(e) > Sr. Field Service Technician/Project Manager > J. A. Cirez Integrated Technologies, Inc > Fire Protection | IT Services | Security | Home Inspections | Consulting > Tel. : (780)972-4739 > Fax : (780)747-6078 > Email: [email protected] > Web : http://www.jacintech.com > > =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= > > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > -- Easy, fast GUI development. http://PerlQt.wikidot.com
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