[aclug-L] Re: Moving Harddrives Between Computers + Linux on Compaq

[phrostie <phrostie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

i keep hearing about how linux does not have hardware support.
in almost 4 years of linux the only hardware problem i've ever had was a S3 
that i bought
a few months back(of course now it can be used with the latest Xfree).

just lucky i guess

phrostie


David Carmichael wrote:

> phrostie -
>
> I sort of wished that I could.. but so much current hardware uses device
> drivers and there are not currently LINUX device drivers for the same
> hardware it kind of limits ones use of the computer unless they use Windows
> in one form or another.
>
> I use to be a big supporter of the operating system GEOS/GeoWORKS that first
> ran on the CommadorC64/128 and then on the PC and it would run great on a
> 486 system with less than 66mhz and 16mg, but it would crash with memory
> errors on any thing faster or greater memory.
>
> DECarmichael
>