Linux Supports More Devices Than Any Other OS

You're talking Craap and you know it!
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Actually I'm serious, if you look on any hardware you buy, what is the text under that XP/windows logo?
"Supports Windows 2000/XP"

How many drivers do XP supply with a default installation, only the very basic that you have to update anyway to have usable hardware, so I think I'm near correct in that statement.
 
Let me get this straight; Linux, has more compatible hardware than windows and Mac? Surely that is not out the box...like you would need to locate the specific drivers yourself?

where would mac come into this? I haven't had one hardware issue ever as for most things that come with CDs for windows, work on mac without them.
 
Uh huh. Like when I reformatted, in XP - install mobo drivers (sound, ethernet, etc) install graphics drivers, install wireless drivers, network printer drivers etc etc.

Install Ubuntu everything I just mentioned works straight out of the box, connected to the internet through network everything. Took me 30seconds to get my network printer added and working to my OS :D
 
wow. well im getting a copy of 8.10 very shortly. can't wait to play around.
 
Is the nvidia driver loaded straight into 8.10? or does it still require you to download it?
 
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Is the nvidia driver loaded straight into 8.10? or does it still require you to download it?
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You have to download it. It's proprietary software. But once you have, it works. Period.
 
headsore said:
Let me get this straight; Linux, has more compatible hardware than windows and Mac? Surely that is not out the box...like you would need to locate the specific drivers yourself?[/quote[

Well thats my experience. I have a USB 3G modem, bluetooth, wireless, webcam, nvidia gfx card, onboard sound, skype phone, ipod nano, etc... and I did not need to install a driver. I did however update my Nvidia drivers so I could get more out of my card, but the default ones worked fine.

where would mac come into this?
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If 10 is best, and 0 is really bad, theyre a -10.

I haven't had one hardware issue ever as for most things that come with CDs for windows, work on mac without them.
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Friends of mine have those really pretty macs... they installed linux on them :D
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can u honestly tell me mac = -10/10...bull! I am staying open minded, hence hopefully by Friday ill have ubuntu 8.10 (would dl it, but 700MB is gonna do a bit too much damage).
There are two reasons why linux based OS's excite me, 1; is because I see them being the future. I would be lying to recommend windows to anyone anymore. I parted with my last bit of MS software this week, OO3 is bad ass :)

2; Ubuntu gives me a very rare sense of SA computer pride.

I have a problem though mate, Mac = -10...what have u got against it that would warrant that?
 
headsore said:
can u honestly tell me mac = -10/10...bull! I am staying open minded, hence hopefully by Friday ill have ubuntu 8.10 (would dl it, but 700MB is gonna do a bit too much damage).
There are two reasons why linux based OS's excite me, 1; is because I see them being the future. I would be lying to recommend windows to anyone anymore. I parted with my last bit of MS software this week, OO3 is bad ass :)

2; Ubuntu gives me a very rare sense of SA computer pride.

I have a problem though mate, Mac = -10...what have u got against it that would warrant that?
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I thought Mac only made drivers for its OS and its hardware?
 
Not sure if I am giving a good answer, not a driver expert as I find myself very seldom having issue with them.
Mac are tight with what ram for example you may install, which isn't too great as it costs loads. but aside from that you can plug 99% of thing in and they work. (What struck me as very awesome, were the apps like the Bluetooth cellphone connectivity. 10sec wizard and using the mac was easier that the actual cellphone disk).

As for webcams, well no need as all macs have anyway. All external drives work fine. all printers, scanners....etc. So for 99% of people's hardware, I can't see much wrong with mac anyway.
 
I was just referring to their driver support, otherwise macs are pretty :)
 
General question: Honestly, how is it to use Ubuntu for normal use..i.e using OO, Firefox, Thunderbird? I know connectivity has been improved so tack that is faultless?

What are the problems with it?
 
MyWorld said:
Actually I'm serious, if you look on any hardware you buy, what is the text under that XP/windows logo?
"Supports Windows 2000/XP"

How many drivers do XP supply with a default installation, only the very basic that you have to update anyway to have usable hardware, so I think I'm near correct in that statement.
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let met remind you what you said:

And strictly speaking windows supports almost no hardware, the hardware vendors support windows with THEIR drivers. Linux it is the other way around.

Is that putting it into perspective?

So you have direct rendering out of the box, 5.1 surround sound and an acceptable refresh rate? Your printers and scanners work with no additional drivers installed? All you USB storage devices just works? I find that very, very hard to believe...
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My motherboard, onboard network adapter, sound card and all bells and whistles including the surround sound WORKS without even using the driver disc that comes with my Asus P5E board. Both my videocards (NVidia) also JUST WORKS, i get 1600x1200 on all 3 my monitors without having to install additional drivers. My Canon printer & scanner also JUST WORKS without the driver disc.

Granted, as you said you would need to whip out or download the updated drivers to get more from your pc as i would, but for the average joe that doesnt have a clue, it JUST WORKS!

On linux, on all the pc's in my home I cannot get them to runt anything higher than 800x600 on a fresh install, some not higher than 640x480 - and that's when i have to download extra's with adept, and go edit files at command shell level and type swear words like sudo to get the job done. Ive completely abandoned the idea of getting multi-monitor to run on my machine or any other machine for that matter - Its just a pain, and don't need to go on a mission on windows to get the same thing done.

Linux is Cute! - no really, its a fantastic OS if you don't mind fiddling and tweaking, and have time to waste, and enjoy the challange to get things to run. Linux has come a long way, and the improvements have definately caught my eye. But for now, if it can't get the basic things right on first run without much effort, its a major fail!
 
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Sorry guys just reposting my question as it got lost up there:

How is it to use Ubuntu for normal use..i.e using OO, Firefox, Thunderbird? I know connectivity has been improved so I take that is faultless? What if you want products like CS3 or something similar?

What are the problems with ubuntu, if you can mention something?
 
headsore said:
Sorry guys just reposting my question as it got lost up there:

How is it to use Ubuntu for normal use..i.e using OO, Firefox, Thunderbird? I know connectivity has been improved so I take that is faultless? What if you want products like CS3 or something similar?
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Everything works out of the box. You may need to install a virtual box for CS3, are do some wine trickery. I know Google are putting money into porting CS3 to linux.. but this is one of those apps you will need to virtualize.

What are the problems with ubuntu, if you can mention something?
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Its hard to adjust from a windows environment to a linux one. Not enough games for linux :( . It doesnt like Access databases... and I have had a couple of problems getting it to play nicely with Active directory.
 
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