we like people digg more and discover..
but what about for "just user"
On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 9:12 PM, Paras pradhan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
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> On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 9:24 AM, Ankur Sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > On Dec 4, 2008, at 8:14 PM, { K I R A N } wrote:
> >
> > Sure Shishir
> > If the recent development and release is going then it should work.
> > But my friend was fade-up with the problem...
> > Thats why I mentioned here..
> >
> > I will suggest about it.
> >
> > Dual boot, wait and see :)
>
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> Not a solution.
>
> Digg more and more ;)
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> > On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 8:11 PM, Shishir Jha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>
> >> Dai, for Creative Sound Blaster, if i read it right in the Slashdot
> there
> >> is a beta release of the driver, and since Dell is selling hardware
> based on
> >> X3100 and Blaster Audigy HD, i think there should be some work around to
> get
> >> it working. I might be wrong but, do give it a try.
> >>
> >> On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 8:02 PM, { K I R A N } <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Yes, you are right Shishir,
> >>> Some hardware company make the devices only for Windows, like as you
> >>> mentioned winmodem, and wintvtunner. And another difficulty is really
> lack
> >>> of driver support, for example one of my colleagues want to use ubuntu
> and
> >>> he has Creative Sound Blaster Audigy HD sound card. He tried so much
> options
> >>> but could not get the solution. One of my friend want to use the full
> >>> feature of his display card Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 ,
> but he
> >>> can use only vesa driver for this device and with this driver he can
> not use
> >>> smooth compiz efficts...
> >>>
> >>> I am also trying to use my tvtunner in ubuntu.. but could not get the
> >>> solution. My Sound driver is working good in sound out but it misbehave
> >>> while I try to use as sound record/capture..
> >>>
> >>> These all things make users difficult to switch or use Linux as their
> >>> first choice OS.
> >>>
> >>> How can we find the solution for these issues? If we can suggest one
> >>> click solution to those users then Linux will be more popular.
> >>>
> >>> Himali
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 6:01 PM, Shishir Jha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> One of the biggest hindrance towards adoption of Linux has always been
> >>>> that all the system hardware is not supported by the kernel. I don't
> know
> >>>> how true this statement is in today's context. Modern distros like
> Ubuntu,
> >>>> Fedora, SuSE, etc have an exceptional hardware support and it is
> evident
> >>>> from the fact that almost all of the machines today function out of
> the box.
> >>>> However, as Jwalanta rightfully said in twitter, its a pain in
> Windows,
> >>>> specially when you dont have your driver CD by your side for rescue.
> If just
> >>>> in case you dont have the CD, wow, you got to find the right hardware
> first,
> >>>> then scour the internet for the drivers and finally download then,
> which at
> >>>> times is more than few hundred MBs. Finally, after finding all the
> drivers
> >>>> (i.e., if your NIC or Modem works without the drivers), it will take a
> good
> >>>> part of an hour and good number of restarts before all your hardware
> drivers
> >>>> are installed and ready for use. And people say its still difficult to
> run,
> >>>> use Linux. :)
> >>>>
> >>>> I agree to the fact that there are still many shortcomings in number
> and
> >>>> type of hardware supported by Linux (winmodem being the most crucial
> one),
> >>>> we have to admit the fact that, Linux does support more hardware than
> >>>> Windows does when it comes to 'out of the box' manner. So, though
> Linux
> >>>> still has some quirks as far as support and availability off the shelf
> >>>> drivers are concerned, I think its better than M$ in almost every
> respect
> >>>> and I personally love it for what it is.
> >>>>
> >>>> Godspeed Linux, OSS and its derivatives.
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Shishir Jha
> >>>> EPC 1970,GPO 8975,
> >>>> KTM,NEPAL
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Shishir Jha
> >> EPC 1970,GPO 8975,
> >> KTM,NEPAL
> >>
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> Paras.
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