Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 11th Mar 2008 16:07 UTC, submitted by moleskine
"Unlike the myths that are behind the prevention of Linux adoption, this piece will closely examine the indisputable obstacles and what will have to be done to overcome each of them. In the past, many desktop Linux users have opted to simply point to the hardware industry or Microsoft as the root cause of a lack of mainstream adoption. In reality, there are actually core issues extending beyond hardware - and competition from the proprietary markets - that simply must be dealt with head on. With that said, hardware compatibility and competition from closed-source vendors are valid issues, just not solid core excuses for the lack of mainstream interest. Here are the real hurdles."
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2007-06-24
This isn't entirely true. I have to edit xorg.conf on both my laptop and desktop to get things working properly. On my desktop, it's for proper video and monitor configuration. On my laptop it's for Synaptics. That doesn't include all of the other editing I have to do to load the proper modules and blacklist or disable others. Some distros do better than others, but for me, none have been perfect from the start as far as hardware detection/configuration is concerned.