Tracy R Reed wrote:
Ralph Shumaker wrote:
I *almost* thought I would never hear that, specifically:
Linux has better driver support than [Windows]
Ahhhhh. What a relief it is.
You know, I hadn't actually realized it but you are 100%. It really is
a nice change! Linux has incrementally improved slowly but steadily
over the years and I guess lately I have come to take for granted that
just about any hardware I am likely to buy (I don't buy cheap crap
winmodems, printers, webcams, etc. I'll take a real UART, network
attached postscript, and firewire, thankyouverymuch) and haven't
fought with drivers in years.
I don't remember how I became aware of Linux. But I was searching
the internet for it. (The search tools back then were not as good
and my ability to use them was even worse. (I have gotten better at
it, though sometimes it doesn't seem that way.)) I found
ultraviolet.org and an email address for Tracy.
Ahh...the memories! Actually, I had completely forgotten about helping
you back then but I bet I have our initial conversations archived away
in email somewhere. Someday I should make all of my private email
searchable somehow now that I have the disk space and cpu power for
that kind of thing.
I discovered Linux thanks to a fellow named wingnut (Dave-something
IRL) on #startrek on EFnet IRC back in '93/94.
Hmmm. I thought our initial email exchange was earlier. But now that I
think about it, it must have been about 12 years or so.
[snip]
Yep. What I wonder now is: for how long will this situation last?
Vista is relatively new. It may catch up and pass Linux once again in
terms of driver support if MS is successful in getting everyone forced
over to Vista so that all of the hardware manufacturers have to make
drivers for Vista.
Personally, I hope this is the sticking point for Vista. I hope they
become the drivers orphan that Linux used to be. I think it will truly
be a wonderful thing if WindHose users complain that they can't find
drivers. Then a lot more people will start hearing "Have you tried
Linux? It just *works*." or something equally as nice.
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