[SWLUG] Re: Giving up Windows

[phil at trig222.f9.co.uk]

Julian Hall <lists at kaotic.co.uk> wrote:
>Also my modem is one of those lovely *software* piles of pooh.  Which 
>predictablly Linux doesn't want to know about.
More to do with the manufacturers not releasing driver details, there are linmodems, but sw modems are 2nd rate in any OS imho.

They are probably the biggest obstacle to trying linux for many who are curious.

Are we heading for the same problems again with USB ADSL modems?

Phil