On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 12:52:16PM +0200, xyzzy@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > I use Linux at work... I am a kernel hacker at work. That is my job. Redhat > 9 works for me at work because the motherboard is not completely state of the > art. Right, and state of the art MB's, notebooks etc. indeed do not always (completely) work. So, unfortunately, we as Linux users have to be very careful when buying such hardware. *Always* do some research *before* buying HW. Agreed: this shouldn't be needed, this is a bad thing. But what is the real reason? That is that some vendors don't care and/or have hidden contracts with M$ and/or are blackmailed by M$ or whoever. This is the sad world we have to live in, but things are still improving, IMHO, so go complain to the HW manufacturers, tell them to support Linux, do *never* pay for a Windows license if you don't use it (i.e. ask that money back, which they have to do because of the M$ EULA), etc. > However, even with all of M$ garbage, the bottom line is that their garbage > works on my system and Linux does not. Yes, and this is *not* because M$ is good and Linux is bad, but because those manufacturers have "close cooperations" with M$ and don't care (or are not allowed to care!!!) about Linux. -- -- Jos Vos <jos@xxxxxx> -- X/OS Experts in Open Systems BV | Phone: +31 20 6938364 -- Amsterdam, The Netherlands | Fax: +31 20 6948204
