[Sussex] Some webstats

[Iain Stevenson]

Well, the problem here is that getting peripherals working under linux is a 
bit "hit and miss".  Buy lucky and you have no problems.  Be a little bit 
unlucky and you'll spend a fiar bit of time on mailing lists and so on 
sorting things out.  Be completely unlucky and the damn bit of hardware 
will never work - generally because it needs some tweaks deep in the bowels 
of the kernel.

What's missing is a good and up to date hardware compatibility guide for 
all platforms (important for me - some drivers don't work on Macs).  Then 
people will be able to buy with confidence and that will help bootstrap the 
linux market.

  Iain

... anyone want a Travan NS20 tape drive (SCSI), one careful owner, found 
not to work on linux ppc, supposedly OK on windoze.


--On Sunday, June 01, 2003 16:47:51 +0100 Gareth ABLETT 
<garethablett at phpw.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

> hi,
>
> You say this but the modem I have cost me no more then £30 and is easier
> to setup under linux then it is with windows.
>
> but I did know what I wanted when I was buying a modem. What I do consider
> a problem is the fact that many modems on the market today are going to be
> software modems which in general are worse then hardware modems.
>
> Gareth Ablett
> ITP Services Ltd.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "A Vogel" <vogelalfredo at netscape.net>
> To: <sussex at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 12:55 PM
> Subject: [Sussex] Some webstats
>
>
>> It's not surprising if one considers that many problems with hardware
>> under Linuxcome from the fact that modems (like the speedtouch I use)
>> need a lot of work to setup in linux but run easily under win.
>> I am writing this under Win because the modem disconnects at random
>> under SuSE 8.1 and nobody seems to know why in the Linux community.
>> Unless and until Linux distros help more with hardware prob- solving for
>> people using low priced (or free ) hardware supplied with win drivers,
>> the stats will not move towards unix,/linux.
>> I am new to linux but have managed to get my box working ... main
>> problems were with speedtouch modem (almost solved completely), Artec
>> Ultima scanner (solved) and Epson 480 printer ( solved by using ppd
>> driver from internet)... it took me many hours and hard work ... under
>> win all these hardware items work on first connect due to software
>> supplied by vendors.
>> I am now a proud worker under linux and am considering unloading win
>> when I feel safe and secure ...
>> interesting stats anyway... shows the strength of monopolies world wide
> ...
>> Alfredo Vogel
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