On Friday 04 August 2006 21:20, Rony wrote: > At the server level linux has already taken off but for SOHO desktops > it is only meant for do-it-yourself individuals. Linux lacks > consistencey of installation and post installation procedures across > different distros with different hardware. > > Linux will take off in a big way if the big distro manufacturers like > RedHat ( Fedora ) and Novel ( Open SuSe ) provide self installing > driver packages for their distros based on the latest available > motherboards. So instead of becoming a google zombie for every new > mobo that comes into the market, the engineer spends more time > installing linux on more and more systems.
huh? i usually use yum to install stuff. for drivers i download the RPMs and install them if they're not provided by yum. Rest other times its generally: ./configure && make && make install for me :). Also, there was something called as sourceinstall. A nice project. Dont knnow what became of it. -- Regards, Dinesh A. Joshi -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
