On Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 07:47:34AM -0600, Robert C Wittig wrote:
> Scott wrote:
>
> > However, these days, you have to choose the development-tools package
> > group during installation.
> >
>
> Interesting... probably has to do with the demographic difference
> between the Linux users circa 1990's and the Linux users of today.
>
> I think that the people moving to Linux in
> 1999 were more Developers and admini types, than average End Users.
>
Also, the kernel usually did need a custom recompile in those days. :)
These days, most hardware is supported OOTB, although as Fedora is sort
of a bloated bleeding edge, things tend to not work.
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