I make sure I buy the right parts for my car. If I get a left-handed claw hammer for a Toyota pickup and try to install it into the Porche, that would make me the moron.<br><br>Hardware makers sell parts. Sometimes they have to write new drivers for the parts. A precious few write drivers for Linux as well as winders and macs. <br>
<br>Yes it's an uphill battle. But those that don't do the research and buy the wrong parts made the mistake.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Paul Cartwright <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ale@pcartwright.com">ale@pcartwright.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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</div>so, how many months have you been waiting/working to get that mouse working?<br>
for the most part, if you want to buy SOMETHING for your Linux PC, you really<br>
need to make SURE that someone has already gotten it to work, or you will<br>
either spend alot of time working on it, or waiting til the next<br>
kernel/software update. OK, so linux might be ready for prime time AS LONG as<br>
you buy it with linux installed & don't add anything to it, or know someone<br>
that has added that piece of hardware to an existing linux box. If you buy a<br>
Mac, and buy your software/hardware at a MAC store, it will work, right? but<br>
you can't go to Best Buy, Sams Club... and buy a piece of hardware and KNOW<br>
that it will work with your linux box. I ran into that with modems, trying to<br>
get one to work for my Uncle.. very frustrating, and he gave up. If he had<br>
just had DSL, it probably would have JUST WORKED. Not everything does.<br>
So if Linux is ready for prime time, then it is the Windows driver programmers<br>
that need to change, good luck!<br>
<font color="#888888"></font><br></blockquote></div>-- <br>-- <br>James P. Kinney III<br>I would rather stumble along in freedom than walk effortlessly in chains.<br><br><br>