On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 6:36 PM, Joe
<joe@jretrading.com> wrote:
That's the best place to be. Too old and it can't use enough RAM to be
useful, too new and the hardware hasn't yet been reverse-engineered to
write drivers, as few manufacturers bother producing good drivers for
Linux. That's not specific to Debian, it's a Windows/Linux thing, many
manufacturers are only interested in the Windows segment of the
computer market. If an open-source driver is available for Fedora, it
can be compiled for Debian even if nobody has yet packaged it for
Debian. Compiling isn't hard in Linux, almost the first thing I did
when I first played with Linux (Red Hat 5.something, I think) was to
compile a new kernel.
Sometimes it's necessary to look outside Debian Free Software for
drivers and again Knoppix is useful, as it does not stick rigidly to
the Debian philosophy. Having found out what drivers work, we can then
decide whether to risk using them or wait for open-source versions.
Oh I see. Debian is rock solid but at times (may be...) it could give some drivers' issue but would be with mine PC as its purchase lies in between the two.. Thx.