[PLUG] This is seriously good

[Ritesh Khadgaray]

On Thu, 2006-07-27 at 15:12 +0530, Atul Sowani wrote:
> In general, a good article! I would like to share my thoughts on this
> as an ordinary linux user. Please don't start any flame war on this,
> as I am not trying to make any allegations on Linux - it might just be
> that I am an incompetent user!
> 
> Linux is VERT robust and very cleverly designed OS - no doubt about
> it. Also, there is no doubt linux supports more devices than any other
> OS, but as a user, I don't agree with this. The list of devices
> supported on linux is BIG, but that includes old and new devices. That
> way the number of devices supported will be huge, but how many
> _latest_ devices are supported on linux "out of box"? I am not
> kernel/OS internals/device drivers geek, but just an ordinary linux
> user.
> 
> Just to give an example, I installed a sound card in my PC which has
> Win2000 and slackware linux 9.1/10.1 on it. When I installed the card

the best i can say is, slackware by design is for expert( read bsd'ish)
users.

> and restarted my machine, windows detected the card and could take
> full advantage of it. On the other hand, when I booted my machine in
> linux, I found that there is a very limited support on linux for this
> card. Moreover, xine and audacity stopped playing/recording sound
> since they couldn't find the audio device. So this means that I have
> to re-configure lot of files and enable/disable daemons (esd etc).
> Considering I am a _very ordinary_ user, I will not be able to fix
> this problem myself. So I have to search internet resources, ask LUGs
> and do some research on my part - this definitely is frustrating.
> 
> So, instead of claiming that linux supports widest range of hardware,
> what it should try to do is how to simplify the
> installation/detection/functioning with the latest hardware. If this
> is achieved I am sure linux will be one of the most popular OS with
> largest user base.
> 
> Thanks,
> Atul.
> 
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