[huskerlug] Re: Review of Linux's New Ubuntu and Moblin for Netbooks - WSJ.com

A computer without hardware support on your native OS is a deal
breaker for me. I always do research before I buy to see if people
have been trouble getting it up and running on the various OSs I would
like to run.  For Linux, it's always best to stay away from the
bleeding edge hardware.

A lot of computer geeks are also computer gamers, especially the
younger crowd.  They tend to buy bleeding-edge systems that almost
routinely have compatibility issues in Linux, luckily things have been
getting much better lately, but history continues.

If you do have a hardware compatibility issue under Linux, basically
you're screwed until somebody figures it out.  Usually the solutions
are quite a kludge.  The solutions are clumsy and inelegant.  Ask
anyone who's had to use NDISwrapper and they will likely know what I'm
talking about.

With Windows, usually if there's a driver problem the vendor will
address it quickly, and the update is as easy as updating a driver,
and putting in a disk, like you said.  I've seen that this is mostly a
problem if you build or upgrade your own PC.  Usually if you buy your
boxes from PC vendors, the drivers tend to be well tested and
supported.  Funny thing, I should mention something like vendor
support.

Or you can buy all Apple, in which case you'll never have any problems
with your OS and hardware being compatible.  Not only that, but your
kernel will be automatically optimized for the hardware that you're
running, without any extraneous drivers.  It's a model of efficiency,
and proprietary pigheadedness, but it works great.

On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 9:18 PM, Jim Worrest <jworrest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB124346723960760371-lMyQjAxMDI5NDIzOTQyNjk3Wj.html
>
> Not a hostile article towards Linux from a major news source, but you
> won't like the conclusion he came to.
>
> I like Easy-Peasy on my Asus Eee PC 900, the screen layout is better
> than XP, since I have a dual boot system. I can pick what I please.
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