Linked by Alexander Antoniades on Thu 5th Dec 2002 21:58 UTC
It's easy to grow increasingly cynical the more you follow "innovation" in operating systems and software. New releases often turn out to be nothing more than reinventing, or repackaging, the wheel, with new icons and steeper system requirements. Yet every now and then persistence pays off and that lengthy download or poorly written web site delivers something truly amazing and faith in the future of computing is, albeit temporarily, restored. I experienced such a sensation a couple of months ago when I downloaded the CD-ROM based, Linux distribution known as Knoppix. 
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I'm **AMAZED** that none of the big Linux distros has approached Klaus , asking for his help in the hardware detection area. Knoppix **ROCKS** when it comes to hardware detection, and ALL of the big Linux distros would really benefit if they used Klaus' hardware-detection code.
I have the latest versions of RedHat and Mandrake, and NEITHER detected my hard-drive. I chuck Knoppix in the CD drive, and **KAZAAM !** EVERYTHING detected, no problems!
***COME ON ***, RedHat, Mandrake .... here's a package (Knoppix) that runs rings around anything else when it comes to hardware detection. So **what are you doing???** You should be grabbing this piece of gold NOW!!!
You can BET that M$ would be in like a "rat up a drainpipe" for code like this!