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Have you ever attempted to install windows - any version - on hardware where you didn't have the CD that came with the hardware? Linux - any
Yes. Windows 98, Windows 2k, and *choke* Windows XP RC 1. They worked most of the time, especially Windows 2k and XP.
It is supported by the driver CDs that came with the hardware. Without that you, and the hardware, is fscked!
If you think that's the case, you really need to install a copy of Windows. When I say this, I am not saying it because I like Windows, just that thinking this is the case will get us no where. If you take a one or two year old PC, the type I usually am installing Linux on, and install Windows 2000 or Windows XP on it - it will most likely run without the need of ANY extra drivers.
Completely irrelevant. How many times will xclock fail you after an install? Or hangman (from bsd-games.rpm)? Please compare apples with apples. If you don't get X to work then xclock won't run, that's true, but if you don't have the graphics driver CD for windows, then MS Paint won't run either.
I was just making a have hearted comparison. Better example - Internet Explorer has always worked when Windows finished installing (whether that is good or bad, I'll leave up to you. ;-)).
Sure, you get a basic 320x200, but you can do that in X too. My point is: linux installers at this point in time are BETTER, not equal.
For the most part I agree, you'll notice I was not arguing about that. I was arguing that if a piece of hardware does not work on one distro but works on the other distro, that that is a Bad Thing. (tm) This is something that was questioned a few miles back in this thread. -Tim - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy R. Butler tbutler@uninetsolutions.com Universal Networks http://www.uninet.info Christian Portal and Search Tool: http://www.faithtree.com Open Source Migration Guide: http://www.ofb.biz ============= "Christian Web Services Since 1996" ============== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE84oUuK37Cns9gJ0gRAveEAJ9PNkR8UVs/0Zbg5r3EzBd6sDWXjgCdFNvi gJ9Os9c6kfND+tAhJeypfqM= =PR8e -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----