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Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?

John Sheehy <jsheehy@ix.netcom.com> writes:

> In message <m3g0bf3q8t.fsf@renttu.lnet.lut.fi>,
> Mika Yrjola <myrjola@renttu.lnet.lut.fi> wrote:
> 
> >John Sheehy <jsheehy@ix.netcom.com> writes:

> >> But it seems like that's how the hardware support comes about.  It seems
> >> like you pretty much have to buy peripherals that have been out for
> >> about 3 years to get full support in Linux.
> >
> >Hm? With the possible expection of SB Live!, my keyboard and mouse and
> >disk drive (newer than three years, but the designs are not changed, I
> >guess), there's no components that are even nearly three years old on
> >my Linux box.
> >
> >(Other hardware includes TB 1200, A7M266, Geforce 2mx, two IBM
> >Deskstar HDs, HP 9120 CD burner and two NICs - all which is rather recent)
> >
> >Didn't have a single problem with this configuration.
> >
> >Then again, I'm not using USB stuff but rather more 'traditional'
> >hardware.
> 
> I didn't mean to say that you *had* to have old hardware, but I guess it
> came out that way.  What I meant was that if you have a PC that was
> built with no consideration for Linux, you can't reasonably expect all
> you peripherals to be fully supported should you decide to install Linux
> on it, if the peripherals are relatively new (not the actual cards, but
> the chipsets or firmware used).

Yes, I read the comment pretty much as "no new hardware is supported
by Linux; the support comes only later if at all" ;)

It seems to depend quite a lot about the manufacturer; eg. nVidia and
3Com seem to have rather quick support for Linux, whereas some
companies seem to be a real pain in the ass with support lagging years
or infinitely.

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