On Thu, Oct 02, 2003 at 09:18:38AM +0800, csj wrote:
> At Wed, 1 Oct 2003 05:09:56 +0100, Pigeon wrote:
> > ISTR from http://www.ftdi.com - who make USB-to-some-easier-format
> > conversion chips - the answer is 'something straightforward'. Long
> > time since I looked at the site though. Chances a
At Wed, 1 Oct 2003 05:09:56 +0100,
Pigeon wrote:
[...]
> > How would Linux recognize it? What would be the modem port?
>
> ISTR from http://www.ftdi.com - who make USB-to-some-easier-format
> conversion chips - the answer is 'something straightforward'. Long
> time since I looked at the site th
On Sunday 28 September 2003 02:35 pm, alex wrote:
> Suppose someone wants to put together or buy a computer ---something
> that is fully compatible with Linux.no makedo patches such as
> for winmodems or other components, etc---how can you make sure
> you're getting what you want?
Nobody m
On Wed, Oct 01, 2003 at 06:40:07AM +0800, csj wrote:
> At Tue, 30 Sep 2003 14:53:43 +0100, Pigeon wrote:
> > A point about USB and modems is that USB is fast enough to make it
> > possible to implement an external winmodem. It may well be
> > safer/cheaper to use an RS232 modem with an RS232-to-USB
on Sun, Sep 28, 2003 at 06:23:47PM -0500, Kent West ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> alex wrote:
>
> >Suppose someone wants to put together or buy a computer ---something
> >that is fully compatible with Linux.no makedo patches such as for
> >winmodems or other components, etc---how can you mak
on Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 09:27:38AM +0200, Michael Schulz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > No offense, but while I find that companies like HP, Dell, IBM, and
> > other major vendors are more than happy to sell servers and
> > workstations with Linux, the laptop support absolutely sucks.
>
> You hav
csj writes:
> The only question should be the kernel version. The NDA-conscious
> manufacturer could always code for the latest stable versions of the
> kernel.org kernel (the plain, unpatched, official Linus Torvalds vanilla
> version of Linux).
True for kernel modules and the rare userland prog
At Tue, 30 Sep 2003 15:25:01 -0400,
Daniel B. wrote:
>
> Roberto Sanchez wrote:
> >
> > alex wrote:
> > ...
> >
> > > Is there something that prevents manufacturers from clearly
> > > stating that a product is fully suitable for Linux? It's
> > > done for MS Windows. Is this some kind of legal
At Tue, 30 Sep 2003 14:53:43 +0100,
Pigeon wrote:
>
> On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 10:11:04AM +0800, csj wrote:
> > At Sun, 28 Sep 2003 14:43:35 -0800, Greg Madden wrote:
> > > As with most questions, ask google. There are numerous sites
> > > and hardware compatability lists that have been created. It
Roberto Sanchez wrote:
>
> alex wrote:
> ...
>
> > Is there something that prevents manufacturers from clearly stating that
> > a product is fully suitable for Linux? It's done for MS Windows. Is
> > this some kind of legal or technical issue, or is it some kind of
> > 'business arrangement'?
>
Pigeon said on Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 02:53:43PM +0100:
> A point about USB and modems is that USB is fast enough to make it
> possible to implement an external winmodem. It may well be
> safer/cheaper to use an RS232 modem with an RS232-to-USB converter.
> (having found one of those that's supported
On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 10:11:04AM +0800, csj wrote:
> At Sun, 28 Sep 2003 14:43:35 -0800, Greg Madden wrote:
> > As with most questions, ask google. There are numerous sites
> > and hardware compatability lists that have been created. It is
> > a good idea to check the hw compatability lists first
Here are all the details.
In regional Australia, we encounter problems that our city counterparts never
experience. If a phone line happens to go over an electric fence and that
fence gets turned on, it creates an electric field and everybody drops a
connection except me. I've had one of these f
At Mon, 29 Sep 2003 19:13:45 +0800,
David Palmer. wrote:
>
>
> Quote/This will only work for expensive or really dumb products like
> PS/2 keyboards. A case in point: I'm trying to google for
> Linux-compatible USB modems (dialup). The only recommendations I
> could find are for the ultra-expen
On Mon, 29 Sep 2003, csj wrote:
> PS/2 keyboards. A case in point: I'm trying to google for
> Linux-compatible USB modems (dialup). The only recommendations I
experience says a modem is linux compatible if it has a
uart chip on it if it doesn't have uart chip on the modem
card or o
Quote/This will only work for expensive or really dumb products like
PS/2 keyboards. A case in point: I'm trying to google for
Linux-compatible USB modems (dialup). The only recommendations I
could find are for the ultra-expensive USR modems. With one or
two exceptions, I couldn't find any Linu
At Sun, 28 Sep 2003 14:43:35 -0800,
Greg Madden wrote:
>
> On Sunday 28 September 2003 11:35 am, alex wrote:
[...]
> > What are the indicators that will tell us whether the
> > components are fully Linux compatible, whether they are part
> > of a ready to run Windows computer, a systemless compu
Hi,
On Sun, 28 Sep 2003, Roberto Sanchez wrote:
> Not to shoot the messenger, but this is what I found:
>
> http://h10018.www1.hp.com/wwsolutions/linux/products/clients/clientscert.html
>
>
> Red Hat SuSE
> laptops 7.3 7.2 7.1 8.0 7.3
Michael Schulz wrote:
we (HP) do this with Workstations, Business PCs and Laptops. You just
should consult the vendors website (in our case www.hp.com/linux) to
see if the system is supported (means working with Linux).
Of course this isn't valid for every vendor :(. I would also like that
to be s
On Sun, 28 Sep 2003, alex wrote:
> Not exactly a Debian only topic but where else is the degree of
> experience and expertise available besides this Debian list?
>
> Suppose someone wants to put together or buy a computer ---something
> that is fully compatible with Linux.no makedo patches s
alex wrote:
Not exactly a Debian only topic but where else is the degree of
experience and expertise available besides this Debian list?
Suppose someone wants to put together or buy a computer ---something
that is fully compatible with Linux.no makedo patches such as for
winmodems or other
hi alex
> alex wrote:
>
> > Suppose someone wants to put together or buy a computer ---something
> > that is fully compatible with Linux.no makedo patches such as for
> > winmodems or other components, etc---how can you make sure you're
> > getting what you want?
experience and tak
alex wrote:
Not exactly a Debian only topic but where else is the degree of
experience and expertise available besides this Debian list?
Suppose someone wants to put together or buy a computer ---something
that is fully compatible with Linux.no makedo patches such as for
winmodems or other
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On Sunday 28 September 2003 11:35 am, alex wrote:
> Not exactly a Debian only topic but where else is the degree of
> experience and expertise available besides this Debian list?
>
> Suppose someone wants to put together or buy a computer ---something
Hi
On Sun, 2003-09-28 at 21:35, alex wrote:
> Is there something that prevents manufacturers from clearly stating
> that a product is fully suitable for Linux? It's done for MS
> Windows. Is this some kind of legal or technical issue, or is it
> some kind of 'business arrangement'?
>
we (H
Not exactly a Debian only topic but where else is the degree of
experience and expertise available besides this Debian list?
Suppose someone wants to put together or buy a computer ---something
that is fully compatible with Linux.no makedo patches such as
for winmodems or other components,
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