Matthew Palmer said: >Basically, there's no shortage of hardware that works with Linux. If you >buy truck tyres, do you complain because they don't fit on your Datsun? No. >So why do people insist on complaining because they picked hardware that >doesn't have Linux support?
How is this done? I've not yet come accross a decent tutorial or HowTo doc that takes an idiot (ie me) through the process of buying hardware that will work with linux. My method failed when I ordered a computer with SoundBlaster Live! soundcard (hey it's right there in make menuconfig right?) only to discover that Dell had actually butchered the card so that it would not work with the linux drivers and getting to work may not have actually involved soldering and/or x-rays of the circuitboard, but then again I can't be too sure. Stuff that confuses a goose like myself are words like any foo with the bar 'chipset.' Where I guess I want a list by type (graphics, wireless, whatever) of $model $manufacturer that is reccomended by 9 out of 10 hackers to Just Work(tm) It's probably all quite straightforward once you know how. I haven't googled anything useful yet. If anyone knows one please link. Or alternatively tell me it doesn't exist and it's not a stupid & ignorant idea for me to research & write it. -- Kind regards, Hal Ashburner -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
