[ale] weird mouse problem

[Richard Faulkner]

This really harkens back to the old M$ HCL for NT.  Back in those days
all I cared about was that the h/w I was selecting was included in the
HCL and I knew I had compatibility.  I'm running into issues of what is
either compatibility or configuration in doing installations for
friends.  Consistently I have issues with video and not being able to
render the screen in the proper resolution.  Frustrating.

At this point in my Linux experience I'm more likely to chalk it up to
inexperience on my part and the grade of my learning curve.  That's
where this group comes is so handy!  

Considering all the issues that Windows has gone through (9x especially
comes to mind) could you have argued that it wasn't "ready" for the
mainstream then?  Perhaps....especially if you were a Mac user.
(hehehe)  Rivalry aside...we see Linux as a scalable, stable and
reliable platform that we can tweak, twist, bend and mold into something
pleasing to us.  For my part I evangelize the virtues of Linux over M$
as a new way of computing and a new way of thinking.  By definition
(IMHO) it is not mainstream and I doubt it will be in the US anytime
soon if ever.

Now...off to see how things go installing 64 Studio on an IBM 8183 for a
buddy of mine!  Hopefully well.......R


-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Cartwright <ale at pcartwright.com>
Reply-to: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux! <ale at ale.org>
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux! <ale at ale.org>
Subject: Re: [ale] weird mouse problem
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 11:06:11 -0400


On Thu September 9 2010, Jim Kinney wrote:
> Using windows print drivers for Linux systems doesn't work or even make
> sense. There's many networkable printers but a few use non-standard ports
> or protocols. Again, that's not a fault of Linux but of the printer maker.
> Wait a month and the Linux world will work around the brokenness of the
> makers engineering.

so, how many months have you been waiting/working to get that mouse working?
for the most part, if you want to buy SOMETHING for your Linux PC, you really 
need to make SURE that someone has already gotten it to work, or you will 
either spend alot of time working on it, or waiting til the next 
kernel/software update. OK, so linux might be ready for prime time AS LONG as 
you buy it with linux installed & don't add anything to it, or know someone 
that has added that piece of hardware to an existing linux box. If you buy a 
Mac, and buy your software/hardware at a MAC store, it will work, right? but 
you can't go to Best Buy, Sams Club... and buy a piece of hardware and KNOW 
that it will work with your linux box. I ran into that with modems, trying to 
get one to work for my Uncle.. very frustrating, and he gave up. If he had 
just had DSL, it probably would have JUST WORKED. Not everything does.
So if Linux is ready for prime time, then it is the Windows driver programmers 
that need to change, good luck!




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