>
> The amount Linux has improved these past 5 years is astonishing. Every
> new drop has been better. It's not there yet for the average user, but
> for most advanced users it's advantages over Windows FAR outweigh what
> you give up, IMHO.
>


I agree there have been MAJOR improvements. If the hardware is directly
supported, it's a matter of booting off the install disk and letting it
go. On my new HP laptop, I had to mess with ndiswrapper to get the 802.11
working, but everything else just worked (though the TV video output and
SD card interface aren't working, but I have not missed them). I'm about
to move from Fedora Core 4 on one system and Fedora Core 5 on another to
Fedora Core 6. These are a whole lot better than the Red Hat 7.x I started
with!

I wonder how Walmart is doing with their Linux (Linspire) based computer
(http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=3762912).

Harold


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