On Sunday 02 October 2005 07:29 pm, John Nall scribbled:
> sergio masci wrote:
> >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.
>
> Yeah, but there is a logic problem there, isn't there?  Linux can't
> follow that lead?  Why are they ("they" being defined as the different
> distros) going off in all different directions?

Linux itself is a core (kernel and some peripherals).  The distros are really 
what makes it useable/friendly for most of us.  Which is great.  But 
everything thinks they can do it better, and seems to be some sort of race to 
introduce the greatest distro out there.


> And so you proved my point!  If I want to run Windows on a notebook, I
> do not have to look up which notebooks are supported.

Oh yes you do :-).  I remember a friend had to have Win 98 for a certain 
reason recently (yes, I argued, but he proved it), and we ended up calling 
various manufacturers to see if they could supply drivers for Win98, before 
we bought a notebook.  At that time, Win98 was still supported, but Notebook 
manufacturers were selling Win2k.

Cheers,
-Neil.





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