[ale] Ubuntu Linux ROCKS! (The Saga of Miss W)

[Greg Freemyer]

On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 10:18 AM, Jim Popovitch <jimpop at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 07:34, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Jim Popovitch <jimpop at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Sooo.... Ubuntu works on old equipment.  That's old news.   It should
>>> work better, out of the box, with new hardware (which is what college
>>> kids are more likely to try it on).
>>>
>> That would be nice but as long as hardware makers treat the Linux
>> realm as a leper colony, it won't.

More and more, this is simply not true.  Linux is starting to have
enough presence in the market that manufacturers are starting to
figure out ways to get supported drivers in linux.

Here is one collection of hardware specs.
http://gkernel.sourceforge.net/specs/

Additionally, Intel has staff that support their drivers in Linux.

Marvell has hired consultants to provide drivers for their latest sata
controllers.

Others provide Linux developers with documentation under NDA.

I don't think it is a pessimistic as the "leper colony" comment makes it sound.

Greg
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