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Microsoft doesn't control hardware, neither does the Linux community, yet I can run Windows and Linux on all sorts of random PC configurations. You can absolute
by MiddleEndian 6y ago
Microsoft doesn't control hardware, neither does the Linux community, yet I can run Windows and Linux on all sorts of random PC configurations. You can absolutely give Google/Android shit for this.
- kevin_thibedeau 6y agoPCs follow well defined standards. Embedded hardware has nothing comparable.
- scarface74 6y agoYes and Microsoft/Intel defined these standards over 25 years ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legacy_Plug_and_Play https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legacy_Plug_and_Play
- ThrowawayR2 6y agoActually they do. Microsoft maintains a well-defined standard and certification tests that define whether a machine is Windows compatible. The current one is the Windows HLK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Hardware_Lab_Kit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Hardware_Lab_Kit. FOSS operating systems simply ride on the coattails of that.