On Sat, Aug 05, 2006 at 12:22:53AM +0530, Dinesh Joshi wrote:
>
> 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.
>
There is no time for all this in tight production schedules.
Internet is not always available and at high speeds. What would
be more penetrative is that Suse or Fedora or all such ones in India
set up labs for testing and provide a set of drivers for every new
hardware ( mobos and others) that comes into the market. They need not
give it free. A small charge of Rs. 500/- for the distro and the driver
set per mobo can be very attractive compared to Rs. 3700/- for XP home.
The driver installation should be an automated script that simply needs
to be double clicked.
Linux need not be as complex as its meant to be. Its just an OS.
Regards,
Rony.
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