On Wed, 2006-08-09 at 17:12 -0500, Matt Domsch wrote: > On Wed, Aug 09, 2006 at 04:48:25PM -0400, Max Spevack wrote: > > another fun one for any of your thoughts. My guess is that most of the > > answer to this question is a philosophic one about proprietary vendors > > versus open source drivers, but I wanted to throw it out there. > > > > ----------- > > > > 2) Drivers Vs Linux > > (Score:5, Interesting) > > by eldavojohn > > > > A lot of people I talk to say they don't like Linux due to lack of driver > > support. Is there anyway you see this problem being eliminated? How do you > > court vendors to support their hardware on your flavor of Linux? > > > Insert link to gregkh's OLS keynote slide deck where he addresses this > directly and claims *more* hardware is supported by Linux > out-of-the-box than any other OS - ever. People could care less about all the random one-off hardware that either A) they can't purchase because it's no longer produced, or B) isn't something that is even practical to own for most users. So it's not a sheer numbers game. IMHO, this question is pretty squarely targeted toward things like graphics drivers (ATI, NVIDIA) and wireless chipsets. Simply inserting a link to gregkh's keynote will only bring typical slashdot flamage (no offense to gregkh intended). josh _______________________________________________ fedora-advisory-board mailing list fedora-advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-advisory-board _______________________________________________ fedora-advisory-board-readonly mailing list fedora-advisory-board-readonly@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-advisory-board-readonly
