On Thu, 2006-07-27 at 15:12 +0530, Atul Sowani wrote: > In general, a good article! I would like to share my thoughts on this > as an ordinary linux user. Please don't start any flame war on this, > as I am not trying to make any allegations on Linux - it might just be > that I am an incompetent user! > > Linux is VERT robust and very cleverly designed OS - no doubt about > it. Also, there is no doubt linux supports more devices than any other > OS, but as a user, I don't agree with this. The list of devices > supported on linux is BIG, but that includes old and new devices. That > way the number of devices supported will be huge, but how many > _latest_ devices are supported on linux "out of box"? I am not > kernel/OS internals/device drivers geek, but just an ordinary linux > user. > > Just to give an example, I installed a sound card in my PC which has > Win2000 and slackware linux 9.1/10.1 on it. When I installed the card
the best i can say is, slackware by design is for expert( read bsd'ish) users. > and restarted my machine, windows detected the card and could take > full advantage of it. On the other hand, when I booted my machine in > linux, I found that there is a very limited support on linux for this > card. Moreover, xine and audacity stopped playing/recording sound > since they couldn't find the audio device. So this means that I have > to re-configure lot of files and enable/disable daemons (esd etc). > Considering I am a _very ordinary_ user, I will not be able to fix > this problem myself. So I have to search internet resources, ask LUGs > and do some research on my part - this definitely is frustrating. > > So, instead of claiming that linux supports widest range of hardware, > what it should try to do is how to simplify the > installation/detection/functioning with the latest hardware. If this > is achieved I am sure linux will be one of the most popular OS with > largest user base. > > Thanks, > Atul. > > -- > ______________________________________________________________________ > Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: ([email protected]) > List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail > Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions. -- Ritesh Khadgaray LinuX N Stuff Ph: +919822394463 Eat Right, Exercise, Die Anyway. -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: ([email protected]) List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
