On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 6:36 PM, Joe <j...@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.
