Linked by Iain Alexander on Thu 17th Apr 2003 07:28 UTC
Several days ago I wrote a rather scathing article about my utter dismay and disappoint with Mandrake 9.1 and by association, Linux as a whole. Since then I have had many many flames and equally as many agreeing emails (is there a simple opposite word for flame?) Since then I have been trying, really really trying to get my system working fully. But time and again I'm coming up against the same brick wall of (un)usability, computer esotericism and down right idiocy. 
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if a friend decided he wanted a semi-pro audio workstation and insisted on using a sblive value edition to run audio software that required well written asio compliant drivers...i'd call him names.
you want a pleasant 3d experience with linux? at minimum get a supported radeon card.
want an really great 3d/opengl experience with linux? get an nvidia card. let's see...nvidia stole, i mean hired a boatload of ex-sgi engineers, yes that's SGI, the guys who made opengl what it is.
what on god's green earth are you dinking around with a matrox card for in linux?
you enjoy futile, stupid pursuits or what?
(i'm sure many have made it work...but you aren't many, you are a frustrated newbie, so get smart)
next: usb modem.
my bonafide hardware ethernet adapter, and external full blown hardware modem (plugs into a serial port), work just fine for me. i spent like all of 10 seconds on configuring both.
which has allowed me to learn other things about linux.
but go ahead, if that's your thing.
it's not the job of linux to use every conceivable hardware combination.
i would not, and have not ever used a usb modem/usb-cablemodem or matrox card on any of my machines...linux or xp.
but go ahead.
p.s. ISDN sucks....i'd rather use an analog modem a dog shit on.