Thread: Mucho Cheapo PC @ ebuyer!!!
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Old 24-08-2005, 21:04   #15
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Re: Mucho Cheapo PC @ ebuyer!!!
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Originally Posted by Russ D
So which bit of 'compatible with just about everything I'd want to put on it' didn't you get??
Out of curiousity, have you actually tried an up-to-date Linux distro? (And I mean newer than Mandrake 9).

Both Ubuntu and Fedora automatically installed drivers for my sound card, onboard sound, video card, TV card, wireless network card, ethernet card and printer.

Of those, Windows XP picked up the printer, but only installed a crappy Windows driver (vastly inferior to the official HP ones included with every Linux distribution) and the video card, but only with 2D drivers (Ubuntu included the official Nvidia ones).

Difficulty in obtaining drivers in Linux is a bit of a myth -- one might even call it FUD -- from the same group who like to say that everyday users have to (re)compile kernels and/or programmes themselves. This isn't 1999 any more -- Linux is a great, easy to install, easy to use OS, and it gets better with every (free, optional, six-monthly) release.

So go on, be brave and give Ubuntu a shot. Who knows, you might even like it...
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