Thread: In praise of Linux (and, er, PC World....)
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Old 19-07-2005, 15:47   #1
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In praise of Linux (and, er, PC World....)
Was bored today so I popped into PC World. I noticed they had a TV card going cheap. Just a simple Packard Bell jobbie, no bells or whistles, but for £15, I'm not complaining.

So I took it home and put it in my box. Turned on the PC, and Linux booted as normal. No "new hardware, searching for drivers", or "please insert driver disk", or anything. I assumed I'd have to download some drivers off the internet manually. Before I looked at that though, I installed a programme called TV Time, which I'd be using to actually watch TV.

So imagine my amazement when I fired up TV Time for the first time, and saw it going "scanning for channels". Two minutes later and I'm sat in front of my PC watching Sky One. Without having to configure a thing. Even the remote control worked out of the box!

I'm never going back to Windows!
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