Linked by Barry Smith on Tue 23rd Dec 2003 20:02 UTC
So far this series has checked out Lindows 4.0, Libranet 2.8.1 and MEPIS 2003.10. Meanwhile both Lindows.com and Xandros have been busy little beavers and spat out new versions of their software, each on the same day. Since I am trying to find the best bang for my buck in a Debian based commercial distro, and since I am already a registered user of LindowsOS, I felt compelled to download a free copy of Lindows 4.5 to have a second look at this thing.
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HC Andersson: Thanks. ;-) Your willingness to see a (I feel anyway) a valid opposing argument is a breath of fresh air.
This does raise an interesting issue though. What do you do when a system has multiple non-differentiated hardware, such as two soundcards, or two network cards, or two identical video cards - as opposed to say, two USB cards.
Asking users to read documentation simply isn't going to happen.
For Lindows type distros, I see some possibilities. Assuming multiple pieces of sound hardware installed and showing up, the OS installer could probably attempt to pump sound through each device saying "If you can hear this, please press A".
However, it doesn't deal with issues relating to new devices (such as a hotplugged USB sound device), and leads you down the garden path with arguments of how much user intervention you want in an install process.