On Tue, 2012-08-07 at 10:35 -0500, Dave Ihnat wrote: > A generic Linux installation seems better at detecting hardware > changes "on the fly". Yes, noticing it, and correctly getting it to work, without you scrabbling around for driver discs, or files off the net. > Windows doesn't really check for major component changes > when booting You've never had Windows notice that you've plugged in a new mouse, new hard drive, graphics card, et cetera, and seen it grunt through the "new hardware detected" routine, that often fails? Granted I stopped battling with it the Vista stage, but I'd always seen it do that sort of thing up to then (while booting before logon, and post logon). It has always been the most painful OS I'd ever seen, and disposing of it has been the most pleasant computer experience I've had in recent years. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org