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I you stop trying to play armchair systems integrator and instead buy computers with Linux preinstalled fully supported by the vendor, you'll have a much better
by trelane 3y ago
I you stop trying to play armchair systems integrator and instead buy computers with Linux preinstalled fully supported by the vendor, you'll have a much better time of it.
Modern hardware is complex enough that it supports Windows or Linux. Not both, though.
- pjmlp 3y agoSo I thought when I bought my Asus 1215B netbook (remember those?), and had my share of headaches related to the 3D support (when AMD drivers got rebooted), video acceleration (still doesn't work), and a wlan driver that keeps losing connections to my home router, forcing me to use a LAN cable instead. Ah, and rebooting occasionally requires taking the battery off as workaround to take it out of an UEFI zombie state.
- trelane 3y agoDid you call their support to get it fixed? I'm guessing you didn't, since the 1215B didn't ship with Linux, according to Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asus_Eee_PC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asus_Eee_PC Interestingly, I had a few of the earlier models that did (701, 901 iirc) and their support for Linux was great. Certainly light years ahead of my efforts to put Linux in a Dell a few years prior.
- pjmlp 3y agoTypical Linux fan answer on the Internet, apparently Wikipedia knows better than me, having bought it. Not only it shipped with a custom Asus distribution for media play called Linux Express, it had Ubuntu on it.
- trelane 3y agoNot surprising, since I don't know you. I tried to confirm your claims and only found confirmation that it didn't ship with Linux. What is surprising that you come back with ad-hominem arguments ("typical Linux fan answer," "knows better than me") in lieu of hard evidence.
- pjmlp 3y agoYes, because you act like you know better than me. Typical attitude on Linux forums. Do you want a hardcopy from the purchase order as well?