On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 9:50 AM, { K I R A N } <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> we like people digg more and discover..
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> but what about for "just user"
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> On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 9:12 PM, Paras pradhan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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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:
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>> > 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.
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>> Digg more and more ;)
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>> > On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 8:11 PM, Shishir Jha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> >> 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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Seek help
Paras.
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