Don't Give Up On Vista

[clocker]

I'd like to think that he'll one day find out what to use bold text for, like.

Can you use bold text in Linux without recompiling the kernel and building text drivers?

[Snee]

Depends. Will I be doing it on a tuesday?

[fstrulz]

I had a "crap"py computer just like that one.

I installed Ubuntu in it, which ran smoothly, and I sent it to a school in a third world country.

"Here kids, have a computer. Unfortunately, nothing works with it so you'll have to search the internets, which you don't have, to find ways to make stuff work"

Have you even tried Linux?

:

[Proper Bo]

"Here kids, have a computer. Unfortunately, nothing works with it so you'll have to search the internets, which you don't have, to find ways to make stuff work"

Have you even tried Linux?

:

Yes, it didn't work with my sound card

[fstrulz]

Stop typing FREE in upper case when you're talking pish.

You know it makes sence.

FREE

[fstrulz]

Have you even tried Linux?

:

Yes, it didn't work with my sound card

That's too bad... I'd suggest that you try it again... Try the latest release of Ubuntu or Linux Mint or Fedora with their LiveCD and see if they'd be able to detect all of your hardwares... Yes, it does need a lil bit of effort sometimes to fully run Linux, but it's all worth it.

But if your PC runs perfectly on Windows XP/Vista, then you should obviously stick with it.

[Proper Bo]

Does it have built-in drivers for m-audio firewire soundcards, like?

[Peter North]

Stop typing FREE in upper case when you're talking pish.

You know it makes sence.

FREE

[Snee]

/fail

[4play]

Does it have built-in drivers for m-audio firewire soundcards, like?

what model card is that ?

Linux actually supports far more hardware than windows. The problem is the latest and greatest hardware is rarely released with Linux drivers so it takes a while for the community to produce them, test them and fix the bugs.

hopefully all this is starting to change since Dell, HP and other manufacturers are shipping Linux pre installed with machines. If your hardware does not have reliable Linux drivers these days you are going to miss out on millions of potential sales.