Re: Hardware hassles: Linux vs. Windows
Steven Jones wrote:
lol.....
Sorry win2k/XP cannot find any disks....press f3 to exit and reboot....
Sorry your hardware is not supported by win2k/win2k3.
This product is obsolete we will not be releasing drivers for win2k win2k3, buy a new controller for just $999.....
The updated Certified Microsoft driver you just installed has just fried your raid5 array....
;]
But I'm not trying to ask, "Which model offers better long-term support
for hardware" or "which model has better-written drivers".
My question is more focused: On modern hardware, if I plug in a
usb-mouse, flashdrive, scanner, etc. for which Linux and Windows XP both
have drivers, then typically my Windows experience is easier.
By "easier" I mean, for instance:
- All digital photo apps are able to see a camera.
- A newly plugged-in flashdrive is easy to find: I just look at the list
of drives. If I'm not sure which drive is the new one, I can look at
the volume name. Worst case, I can pull up Hardware Manager and see
which drive letter is assigned to each storage device.
This hasn't been my experience with Sarge/2.6.9/udev/kde3.3 (see
original post).
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Christian Convey
Computer Scientist,
Naval Undersea Warfare Center
Newport, RI
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