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   From: "Paul-B"    
   Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: Serious hardware problems   
   Date: 5 Feb 2007 09:14:55 GMT   
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   Xunil Resu wrote:   
      
   > I don't ever want to use Vista, but all other Windows incarnations   
   > I've worked with during the last five years or so recognized all   
   > hardware instantaneously.   
   >    
      
   Well, I have to say my experience as a small-systems builder and   
   network designer and installer differs greatly from yours.   
      
   I have yet to find a Windows installation where I don't have to   
   subsequently run the motherboard drivers disk, for a start. Then the   
   wireless card drivers disk, then my bluetooth drivers disk... it's   
   endless. And Windows XP doesn't always pick up my SATA controller if   
   it's either something like an ALi chipset, in fact the earlier releases   
   of XP had no SATA drivers whatsoever.   
      
   Your experience must be very limnited... my first Ubuntu install, some   
   3 months ago, picked-up everything bar my printers straight away,   
   including my wireless card. And installing my Laserjet 5Si and my   
   network Konica-Minolta colour laser took about 10 minutes.   
      
   Windows, in all it's flavours over the years, has had a major problem   
   with drivers... looking at Vista, especially Vista-64 it seems that   
   things have got worse. Vista 64 won't let you install any 3rd-party   
   drivers which have not been signed-off by Micro$oft.   
      
   By all means go back to Windows, I still have to run a couiple of   
   Windows boxes on my network because a few essential apps won't run in   
   Linux, even using WINE, but for everyday workstation use Linux is far   
   better than Windows. It's quicker, it loads and runs much faster on   
   lower-spec machines than it's Micro$oft equivelent, and all apps are   
   free!   
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   Paul-B   
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