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To be fair, though, not only Linux suffers from these problems, but all non-windows OSes. There is a standard for power management and such, ACPI, but vendors d
by wladimir 15y ago
To be fair, though, not only Linux suffers from these problems, but all non-windows OSes. There is a standard for power management and such, ACPI, but vendors decide not to follow it but do their own thing and put in all kinds of hacks so that it works on windows and work around windows' problems.
This means that specific work has to be done for every kind of device (and whitelist/blacklist it), which is a lot of extra hassle for the developers of the OS...
- llambda 15y agoIs this true of Apple desktops as well? Or is Apple buddy-buddy enough with their hardware vendors that they get around this by receiving special treatment?
- judofyr 15y agoWhat do you mean by "Apple desktops"? Apple has full control over its hardware components so I doubt this is a problem.
- llambda 15y agoApple laptops and desktops, i.e. Apple hardware. To be fair, though, not only Linux suffers from these problems, but all non-windows OSes. According to your statement, "Apple has full control over its hardware components so I doubt this is a problem," the above quote would be untrue of OS X running on Apple hardware, correct? Edit: Is it really necessary to downvote me for asking a question? I'm honestly curious: does OS X suffer from these issues as well? I'm not really sure why that should incur a downvote...