Star 'Linux Doesn't Lack Drivers, It Lacks Complete Drivers'
Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sun 28th Oct 2007 03:48 UTC
Linux "I recently read this article about how the Linux device driver project needs more work to do. I pondered this for awhile, and came to a realization. While Linux still does indeed lack drivers for some hardware, I believe that the lack of drivers is no longer the largest technological obstacle to Linux adoption. The thing Linux needs to focus mostly on now is completeness, not quantity, of hardware support." Read on.
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RE[6]: Vista needs drivers
by lemur2 on Tue 30th Oct 2007 22:55 UTC in reply to "RE[5]: Vista needs drivers"
lemur2
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2007-02-17

It’s all the audio cards that have digital outputs but can only output on the crappy headphone outs


If you know of such hardware, please send a request in to these people:

http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS6669895837.html

Here is their wiki

http://linuxdriverproject.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/DriversNeeded

They are apparently ready, willing and able, and looking for work to do.

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