On Monday 26 January 2004 04:54 pm, robin wrote:
So Samsung joins LG on my hardware blacklist. Lucky I just bought a Philips CD writer. I hear it's a PITA under Windows, but it works fine (if a little noisily) on Mdk 9.2.
Well, your call. I prefer to reserve my own blacklist for those that go out of their way to oppose Linux/Unix rather than simply not make an effort to support it. There are more than enough manufacturers content to be hostile to Linux as it is.
There's a difference between not supporting Linux and spreading FUD.
Lexmark and proprietary driver/chips in printer cartridges anyone?
Good example. They sell the printers cheap to get customers hooked in to the cartridges. I'm about to buy an HP printer - fully Linux-compatible, and I can get my cartridges refilled at any stationers.
Sir Robin
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