On Mon, 2004-06-14 at 20:22, Florin Andrei wrote: > Of all operating systems i've dealt with so far, Linux seems to > consistently choose the worst methods for installing new drivers, > updating them, etc. Even Windows for Workgroups was better in this > regard. linux has a different driver model. Drivers are part of the kernel. Full members, including being part of the kernel source code. This has advantages for the programmers as well as for the users, for the former it is easier to do changes and see users of interfaces etc, for the later it means that 99.999% of the time the right drivers are just there instead of having to search half the intranet for drivers. The model also has the downside that non-bundled drivers are a bit of an ignored stepchild....
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