Re: Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario

Zwane Mwaikambo
2005-12-08T06:16:00Z

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On Thu, 8 Dec 2005, Diego Calleja wrote:

> El Thu, 08 Dec 2005 01:58:56 +0100,
> Kasper Sandberg <lkml@metanurb.dk> escribió:
>
> Many times Windows XP requires inserting the CDs with 3rd party drivers.
>
> IMO the way linux is doing things is the Right Way: Hardware should
> work out of the box, and things like the windows' panel control driver
> dialogs are a failure because users should't care about low-level
> things like installing drivers. The "works under linux logo" is

Lets be objective at least, Windows XP was released in 2002, have you
tried Linux distros from 2002 on said laptops?