> In my experience, if Linux doesn't support a piece of hardware out of the box, > you had better dump that hardware, because brother, that hardware won't > be

> In my experience, if Linux doesn't support a piece of hardware out of the box, > you had better dump that hardware, because brother, that hardware won't > be supported by anything. In my experience, the hardware support/drivers, esp. video and wireless, is better in wintel front. Sure, linux versions of those drivers usually give more power to user regarding configuration of device, but brother, I have never had to fiddle with driver configuration to get HW acceleration working for flash in windows. Just download and install video adapter drivers, install flashplayer, and it just works.