On Tue, 2006-05-30 at 18:42 -0400, Phillip Mills wrote: > On May 30, 2006, at 7:37 AM, karsten wiese wrote: > > > Its not "out-of-the-box with XP and OS X" either, > > you have to install a vendor supplied driver, or am i missing > > something? > > The vendor causes it to be out-of-the-box by providing whatever > software is needed *in the box*. What the buyer has in hand to work > with is a combination of hardware, software, and instructions that > results in useful capabilities on two of the three systems under > discussion. you're missing the point. what is meant when people refer to "works out of the box" means: THERE IS NO SOFTWARE TO INSTALL. the vast majority of USB devices work this way, although in all fairness they often have a little control app that can be useful (but is not required). if the device works without a software install (many packages now say "no drivers required"), then the chances are excellent (i.e. almost guaranteed) that it will work on linux. --p
