-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 2015-05-02 21:37, jdd wrote:
So with Windows most new hardware works (most, I have example of new hardware not working), but many older don't and wont ever work.
Ah, yes. They make the drivers for the Windows versions available at release time, and maybe not all of them. Some time later, there is a new Windows release, but the manufacturer of your gadget doesn't make the driver for it... you are stuck. On Linux, once the support for a gadget is included, it stays. In theory, forever, but at least longer than in Windows. As the sources for all the gadgets are included, they simply build it all again... Eventually, if nobody uses that gadget anymore, the software "bitrots" and stops working, because nobody tests and reports the problems.
on Linux, for some brands, most hardware works. some brands will never work. Sometime, you only have to ask the right person and it works (for printers, gutenprint team).
no world if perfect :-(
Yes. In Linux, you must check if what you want to buy works, in advance. Specially cheap hardware: the trick is using the CPU in the computer, with a driver, instead of having a complex gadget with cpu and complete software (firmware) inside. Example: winprinters. Some modems. - -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" (Minas Tirith)) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iF4EAREIAAYFAlVFKlQACgkQja8UbcUWM1xh5AD+OBk2tRJxQVwlYDmhPmZC60+l duVK61AIA8UA4x2SqcoA/jDJFL7w0co2wCcAuUaR1vNF50MYnm31ktLILqTTG5cX =9Ytl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org