On Wed, 2004-12-15 at 13:11 -0500, Christian Convey wrote: > 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 This product is obsolete we will not be releasing drivers for win2k win2k3, buy a new controller for just $999.....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). Windows is not the same as Linux. They do not do the same things. Their paradigms are *different*. A compare-and-contrast example: My Uncle has been struggling with Windows for *years*. Starting with 95, then 98, 98SE & now XPhome. Even when it sees some hardware the first time, sometimes it stops working, or gets crotchety, after a while. Fundamental stuff like DVD burners. OTOH, it can take me a little while to configure certain things with Debian. "man foo" plus Google plus "su -" plus "tail -f /var/log/syslog" are crucial. But, once something works, it stays working. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "Peace, in international affairs, is a period of cheating between two periods of fighting." Ambrose Bierce
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