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.
[Snip]
Me too... Just about anything that talks the real protocol I am
confident I can get it to go...
Fortunately, after USB came into common use, and Linux finally got
good support for it, printer and scanner drivers were becoming less
and less of a problem. By the time I went to get a new printer &
scanner, I
I was quite skeptical of USB at first, especially before Linux really
supported it well. But now I use USB keyboards, mice, and especially
external hard drives for backup purposes and I am quite pleased with
how it has worked out.
I am pleased too... I am really looking at true WinCrippled independence
by looking into formatting an external USB HD in ext3 or otherwise...
This would be new for me as I have left my external drives at "vfat" but
the more I think about it what is the advantage to having the option to
plug into a WinDoze box when I very literally don't want or need
anything directly from a WinDoze box anymore... I have a portable router
and a couple patch cables if push came to shove...
Just thinking...
With all this, I just find it soothing to hear someone say:
Linux has better driver support than [Windows]
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.
I don't know how long this situation will last either (and I know you
guys are talking about cooler HW stuff than this...) but I was really
pleased when I found out about:
sudo lpadmin -p minolta -v lpd://192.168.34.14/print -D "Minolta 5510
copier" -P EF4M5A22.PPD
Now that beast down the hall politely purrs whenever Linux via CUPS
commands it to do "my" bidding...
rbw
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