Warp escreveu:
> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>> Yeah. Funny enough, people complain about Vista not supporting hardware 
>> right, but don't think that's a problem for Linux. :-) "Just buy the 
>> right hardware to start with."
> 
>   I think there's a categorical difference here. Windows is *supposed* to
> support all PC hardware. Every hardware manufacturer always makes sure that
> their hardware will work at least on Windows (and most of them don't give
> a rat's a** if it works on other systems or not). So Windows has become
> more or less the de-facto OS for hardware compatibility.
> 
>   Thus when a new version of Windows is published and it breaks compatibility
> with common hardware, the complaints are very justified. Basically you are
> not getting what you are paying for: You are paying for an OS which will
> allow you to use your computer, and Windows has always "promised" to do that.
> When it doesn't, it's a ripoff.
> 
>   Nobody promises that linux will work perfectly with every piece of PC
> hardware in existence. Thus when it doesn't, it's not a surprise. Tough
> luck. If you want to use that piece of hardware, you'll just have to use
> Windows, wait for the linux hackers to reverse-engineer the hardware to
> make third-party drivers for it (because the hardware manufacturers won't
> be of any help here), or buy a compatible version of that hardware. Sure,
> this sometimes sucks big time, but nobody has made any promises, and it's
> not like it's linux's fault (it's the fault of those hardware manufacturers).
> 
>   With linux you *are* getting what you are paying for. Thus it's not a
> ripoff.

I wouldn't say any better.  Thanks to the hardware compatibility lists, 
though, I've never had any hardware problems with Linux at home.  Then 
again, I don't live on the bleeding edge... I'd really want to get a 
tablet to do some drawings...

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