Re: FN-FORUM: Best Linux Distribution?

date posted 18th August 2004 20:15

carmel andrews wrote:
> However the big sticking point with linux is simply,
> in 9 out of 10 cases it still relies on CLI (command
> line Instr.) which is a bit like having to put up with
> a ms/pcdos m/c today instead of windows

You make that sound like a bad thing. It's not.

> No. 2, When it comes to installing drivers, after
> you've put up with the rigours of CLI, it takes a song
> and dance to install even the simplest of drivers

modprobe ?

> ...
> (why, if linux want's to take on windows, doesn't the
> linux platform(s) instigate a simplar, easier
> standardised way of installing drivers and devices,

Security.

> Lastly, and the biggest sticking point (and the point
> that eventually lead me to ditching my linux
> installation(s) both Mandrake and redhat (v9.x), is
> simply that linux doesn't have the hardware support

Hardware support's in the kernel, ergo all distributions with a given
kernel have the same support. If you buy quality, branded hardware then
99% of the time you're fine.

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