On 1/25/07, William Chops Westfield wrote: > > On Jan 24, 2007, at 3:32 PM, Xiaofan Chen wrote: > > > this is the correct way but Mr and Mrs Average User will not know > > how to choose the correct hardware in the first place. Only when there > > is a critical mass of Linux user, the hardware vendors will provide the > > driver or the information to write a driver. > > Huh? Major "vendors: like Dell and Wal-Mart sell PCs with linux > based OS pre-installed these days... > How many they sell? I've read before that a Dell PC with Linux costs more than one installed with Linux. Regards, Xiaofan -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist