Some time around 09/22/2004 05:35:48, I think I heard [EMAIL PROTECTED] say:Ok I admit I shouldn't have been so disparaging in public - as for trying it out myself I have tried it twice now. Using standard packages and with the help of a Linux guru. Both I and he were stumped in looking for drivers and the like for perfectly straightforward peripherals - monitor, printer etc.
Well, as even Microsoft techs will tell you, you need to look at the hardware compatibility list offered by the various distributors. Even Windows XP will not work with some hardware, although I will admit that it does work with most of the common ones. Still, if your hardware is not listed in the compatibility lists -- which by the way, are pretty extensive themselves and contain some very common brands and devices -- then your that distribution will probably not work with your system. I know of people that had to buy new machines in order to install Windows XP, and my father had to buy a new printer because he had some problems when he upgraded from Windows98 to WindowsME and the manufacturer, nor Microsoft, no longer supported that model.
I'll admit that there are some pretty advanced things in Linux, but like I said, I've known of some veyr point-and-clicky people who have used it successfully without any knowledge of computer science. Of course, if they have some problems with the system they wouldn't know what to do, but then again neither would they know when they got a BSoD in Windows or an Access Violation notification.
dZ.
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