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On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 05:52:55PM +0000, george wrote: > Sorry Benjamin, I've got to disagree with you there. When it comes to wireless > cards, webcams and scanners Windows win hands down. For the simple reason > that hardware manufacturers write drivers for Windows but generally not for > Linux. There are lots of good Linux drivers and they're getting better but > I've found these 3 pieces of hardware and some graphics cards, oh and some > sound cards, problematical because the drivers are'nt up to it. More and > more drivers are getting into the kernel which generally makes the problems > disappear but it takes time and we will always be playing catch-up until the > manufacturers take free software generally on board. And do they work out of the box, on a stock Windows install, or do you have to get drivers from the manufacturer's website or a CD that came with the hardware? My point was that although more drivers exist for Windows, they often don't come with Windows. The most common issues I had were Windows not being able to support my graphics card above 640x480, or not supporting the ethernet card (an SIS900, if I remember correctly, hardly unusual or high-end). Linux may not support brand-new hardware straight away, but once it's supported you're pretty much guaranteed that you won't need to go hunting for drivers, because it'll be in the kernel. -- Benjamin M. A'Lee || mail: bma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx web: http://subvert.org.uk/~bma/ || gpg: 0xBB6D2FA0
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