[Tfug] 2 weeks of Hackintosh fun..

Tim Ottinger tottinge at gmail.com
Mon Nov 10 14:40:26 MST 2008


Bexley Hall wrote:
> --- On Mon, 11/10/08, Claude Rubinson <rubinson at u.arizona.edu> wrote:
>
>   
>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 09:41:41AM -0800, Bexley Hall wrote:
>>     
>>> I've got an OnAir GT USB DTV tuner.  Is there a Linux driver for
>>> it?  Does it *really* work?  Will it run on version XXX of the
>>> kernel?
>>>       
>> But now you're changing your argument.  At first it was "Linux lacks
>> driver support."  But that's not true.  Now it's "Linux lack drivers
>> for the newest hardware."  Yes.
>>     
>
> Don't be silly.  The argument hasn't changed.  Unlike folks here
> who might rescue older hardware, *most* people using computers
> are using machines that were purchased in the last three years.
> The average age probably being closer to 2 years or less.  Those
> folks aren't looking for drivers for an EXOS 205; instead, they
> want the *photo*-quality printer that they just bought to work 
> correctly (and not show orange skin tones, etc.)
>   
This isn't a mailing list for most people. It's for us.  Maybe your
argument is better placed in a blog or newsgroup somewhere else
rather than in this list.

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