On Sun, 10 Dec 2000, David Talkington wrote:
> Changing the subject just a bit ... in my experience (contrary to
> jude.t's, it seems), evangelizing aside, Windows is losing what was
> once one of its primary strengths compared to Linux, which is ease of
> install. Lately, RH is child's play to install, and never gives me
> the kind of grief I get from recalcitrant Windows drivers on the same
> machines. RH just looks around, takes some notes, and gets to work.
> Windows drivers have frequently cost me entire evenings, even for
> something as simple as an ESS Maestro. As one example, on a single
> machine -- dual-booted -- RH had no trouble with the Maestro; the
> Windows driver took me 3 hours of downloading and troubleshooting.
> This was brand-new hardware, RH6.2, and Win98 SE. Go figure.
>
hehehe, tell me about it. One more thing to note: at least when
you configure a Linux module it *stays* configured. For example,
after running a game that uses the Win98 speakers/sound system, a
buzzing sound may prevail after exiting the game. Another
strange thing might be a lock-up so tight, you have to shut the
computer completely off to get the system back the way it was.
Windows will sometimes report that it can't find the driver for
the video card, or the sound card. It gets pretty darn weird!
cheers,
LG
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