On Wednesday 26 Oct 2005 6:49 pm, Dinesh Joshi wrote: > > cheaper HP machines are not meant to be linux compatible > > What makes the more expensive machines Linux compatible? Just because > they are used by corporates?! >.> If Samsung can why can't HP? They > are the so called "leaders" in this field... or is there too much M$ > pressure to make the machines Linux unfriendly? =P
nope, cheaper machines, like winmodems, have proprietory non-standard bits of software to replace hardware so that they can make them cheaper. this software is usually one-off stuff - not worth the effort to make linux drivers for them (if it is possible at all). This goes for lowest-end scanners and printers. -- regards kg http://www.livejournal.com/users/lawgon tally ho! http://avsap.org.in ಇಂಡ್ಲಿನಕ್ಸ வாழ்க! -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
