Re: FN-FORUM: Linux vs ... [WAS goolges brilliant]

date posted 20th August 2008 18:34

2008/8/20 Dave Cross [EMAIL REMOVED]
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> Alex Townsend wrote:
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>> Now some of the Linux distros are coming close to "out of the box"
>> installs that Joe Sixpack might feel comfortable with. Or at least until
>> they have to get into the command line to install wireless drivers, or
>> do a kernel compile.
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> Are you really seeing people still having to do that?

Unfortunately, Ubuntu Hardy didn't seem to recognise my monitor until
I "hacked" Xserver settings manually. So yes, it still happens.
Plus installing software isn't as easy as it may sound. One usually
gets outdated versions from debian/ubuntu repositories and manual
updates are needed.

Jay