-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jon Drews wrote: > On 1/2/06, JT Moree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>I just wrote this recently and am currently running it by the discuss >>list. You should forward it to them (after reading it and giving me >>your own feedback of course) It will probably get some more changes >>before I put it on the public site. >> >>http://pcxperience.org/jt/LinuxDriverProblems.html > > > Interesting JT - so why would this ByteWorks employee find > refurbishing old computers with MS Windows easier than Linux? I s he > just basing it on his experience with two instances of unsupported > hardware? I don't see how he is gonna get older printers and modems to > work if he does not have the CD with the drivers? For all it's tedium > at least CUPS has all the drivers and you can go to one place > (linuxprinting.org) and see if your printer is supported.
That's part of the reason I wrote the article. I think people are making assumptions based on anecdotal evidence and FUD. I try to give reasons for why drivers are in the state that they are in. My concern is that no one will believe it because of experience. Esp bc I have little experience with Win2K and XP which might have better driver support. In the case of Byteworks the article is right on bc they are using older versions of windows. - -- JT Morée PC Xperience, Inc. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDubvCucZ4lMT2d5IRArOEAJ0bPd6NFlM6fY1sLoiraHAWB+V18QCaA2T/ Slvo4pBWWxAOquWDCkzfwQs= =5BX1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. _______________________________________________ CWE-LUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.cwelug.org/ http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/
