On Sun, 2 Oct 2005, John Nall wrote:

> (I know this is a waste of time and energy, but I feel like venting just a wee
> bit!  :-)
> 
> It seems to me, as a not-so-impartial observer, that if Linux is ever going to
> really compete against Windows, that the present state of differences between
> different versions of Linux is A Very Bad Thing! 
> I have just spent all day trying different versions of Linux to see which
> would run on my surplus laptop.  I finally got one to run after trying several
> different distros,  which is neither here nor  there, but surely no one goes
> around trying to find different versions of Windows?? 
> I have all the praise in the world for the different folks trying different
> strokes, but if we cannot have one version of Linux that is The Standard, then
> we are never going to convince the masses to convert.  (Which they should).
> And yes, to answer your question, I feel better now. 
> John

Sorry but you've got this backwards :-)

Windows does not go out of its way to be compatible with your notebook, 
the notebook manufacturer goes out of its way to be compatible with 
windows. They even write their own drivers and utilities when windows 
comes up short.

There was a web site that gave info of linux friendly notebooks, patches 
and utilities. I'm not sure if it's still up. When I wanted to run Linux 
on a notebook I looked at which notebooks were supported before I bought 
one.


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Sergio Masci

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