[Tfug] 2 weeks of Hackintosh fun..

[Bowie J. Poag]

I would agree with Bex.

Who cares if Linux has umpteen zillion drivers, if the bulk of them are 
legacy/obsolete? Do I really care if Linux supports some exotic 30 year 
old MFM/RLL hard disk controller? No.  As a hobbyist, maybe, but as a 
general user, no. It's something that I would never, ever encounter. I 
don't need a 15 pound 317-headed nozzle attachment for the garden hose 
in my backyard. I just want to water my damn plants. :)

Cheers,
Bowie


Claude Rubinson wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 09, 2008 at 08:20:44PM -0800, Bexley Hall wrote:
>   
>> And, that ignores the fact that the hardware vendor may not have
>> released a driver for their device on "platform X".  Of course,
>> that's a chicken/egg situation... until "platform X" becomes
>> ubiquitous, vendors don't want to invest money chasing releases.
>>     
>
> Just because you and others keep saying it over and over again doesn't
> make it true.  See
> http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/linux_driver_project_status-2008-04.html?seemore=y
> and scroll down to "The Linux Driver Myth."
>
> Here's the teaser and take-home message, all wrapped in one:
>
>   Back in 2006 I gave a talk at the Ottawa Linux Symposium about a
>   number of myths that are around the Linux kernel. One of them was
>   device and driver support. I stated then, and still do that:
>
>       Linux supports more different types of devices than any other
>       operating system ever has in the history of computing.
>
>   Later on, a representative from Microsoft validated this statement
>   saying that their research agreed with it, so this is not an
>   unproven statement.
>
> Claude
>
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