Hi, Thanks again to all who replied! The information and links certainly come in handy! :-)
Regards, Edwin --- Anton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > absolutely agree. > don't blame Linux if doesn't support something just because vendor > never release at least specifications (they always have excuses like > IP). > Blame yourself for buying such (not standard and most probably buggy) > hardware which would never be truly yours. > > Linux Kernel Devs Offered Free Driver Development: > http://www.kroah.com/log/2007/01/29/#free_drivers > > and today it's a big project: > http://www.linuxdriverproject.org > > I would buy the hardware from there list without any worries even for > windows only. > > Regards, > Anton > > 2008/11/9 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > My 2c > > > > On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 5:00 AM, C David Rigby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > >> > >> On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 2:03 AM, Edwin Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> Of utmost importance of course, is compatibility with Linux (i'm not even > >>> sure > >>> if this is actually a moot point, i.e., can i take this for granted), and > >>> stability and reliability. > >> > >> IMHO, you cannot yet take these things for granted. Many manufacturers > >> still release for Windows first, and Linux compatibility is an > >> after-thought, or left to the community to firm up. > > > > I daresay that the basic stuff should be well supported, though others > might > > not be supported out of the box - eg, wired nic, bluetooth, built-in > > wireless, firewire, and goodness knows what else is found on motherboards > > these days. If you need that functionality today, it would be best to > > research the chipsets used in that motherboard, and whether they are > > supported in $your_favourite_distro. > > Having said that, Sanjeev^H^H^H^H^H^H^Ha wise man once suggested a form of > > linux advocacy in that you walk into the shop and specifically ask if it > > supports linux. If they say no, don't know, shrug and point to the box, > etc, > > walk to the next shop. The premise is that the shops are in business to > make > > money, and couldn't care less what the product supports as long as it > sells. > > If you silently do research and buy stuff that you know is supported, the > > shop doesn't know that you're buying it because it supports linux. If you > > don't buy because it isn't supported, the store will feel some pain from a > > lost sale. With enough positive and negative feedback that linux support is > > important, they will in turn start to ask their suppliers for linux > support, > > and that will trickle back to the manufacturers. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Slugnet mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsMailingListFaq > > http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Slugnet mailing list > [email protected] > http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsMailingListFaq > http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet > New Email addresses available on Yahoo! Get the Email name you've always wanted on the new @ymail and @rocketmail. Hurry before someone else does! http://mail.promotions.yahoo.com/newdomains/sg/ _______________________________________________ Slugnet mailing list [email protected] http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsMailingListFaq http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet
