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It doesn't work at all, for the thousands of pieces of hardware that simply don't work on Linux, or work poorly. Further, it doesn't work at all from an econom
by diminoten 8y ago
It doesn't work at all, for the thousands of pieces of hardware that simply don't work on Linux, or work poorly.
Further, it doesn't work at all from an economics standpoint. There is zero incentive driving the community to support every iteration of every type of hardware other than personal need, and if you're suggesting that anyone who needs something has to go out and build a driver themselves, please let me know who your dealer is because I want to be as high as you.
As for, "the community is better than the manufacturer" try having an outage over the holidays, and see how your community reacts to, "help me or my business fails".
- Daishiman 8y agoI see your _thousands_ of pieces of hardware that don't work and raise you all the hardware written for old versions of Windows whose drivers no longer work on new versions yet still work _perfectly_ on Linux. See: professional audio and video gear, perfectly good network cards.
- diminoten 8y agoYou need to match my bet in order to raise it, and you didn't even come remotely close.
- petepete 8y agoAlso, note in my post I referred specifically to 'accompanying software'. Drivers that work with the OS in question are to be expected in the commercial software world. So many hardware companies fell into the trap of making steaming piles like ATI's CCC[0], Creative's SoundBlaster Control Panel[1], ASUS's Control erm.. thing[2]. And it's not just gaming peripherals, buy a computer from HP and see how many HP-specific utilities clog up the system tray. Same goes for most of the other big players. I just want the OS and the drivers thanks. [0] https://www.screenshots-archive.com/ati-catalyst-control-center-digital-panel https://www.screenshots-archive.com/ati-catalyst-control-cen... [1] https://i.imgur.com/POZVXQj.jpg https://i.imgur.com/POZVXQj.jpg [2] https://img.purch.com/o/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubGFwdG9wbWFnLmNvbS9pbWFnZXMvdXBsb2Fkcy9wcHJlc3MvNDUyMTQvc2NyZWVuc2hvdCAoMikucG5n https://img.purch.com/o/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubGFwdG9wbWFnLmNvbS9p...
- hkt 8y ago> As for, "the community is better than the manufacturer" try having an outage over the holidays, and see how your community reacts to, "help me or my business fails". And for those people there are companies like Canonical, who derive their product from Debian. There is also Redhat, SUSE, etc. Lots of commercial options grow up around these vibrant communities to fill the gaps that they sometimes leave. This is an unmitigatedly good thing.