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I've been using Linux almost exclusively since 1994. Lack of drivers was definitely a problem but it made me spend a lot of time researching whatever I bought
by lizknope 2y ago
I've been using Linux almost exclusively since 1994.
Lack of drivers was definitely a problem but it made me spend a lot of time researching whatever I bought first. Lots of reading Linux HOWTOs and Usenet forums about whether a particular card was supported or not.
I had to install from 30 floppy disks because my brand new IDE CD-ROM wasn't supported for another 6 months. Same with my new Diamond Stealth 64 graphics card. I had to wait 6 months to be able to run X11
Those both came with my new Pentium 90 PC. After that I bought hardware specifically for Linux like my BusLogic 948 SCSI card