Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 24th Oct 2006 21:01 UTC
"Eventually, we're going to see Vista come out. Yes, I know, even at this late date, Vista is still getting unexpected delays - it was set to go to manufacturing Oct. 25, but it's not going to make it - but it is on its way. My question, though, is: What version will actually work for you come that day?"
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2006-04-02
I find drivers tend to be the most over-used argument in this tired debate.
Its all depends on your POV if by driver issues you mean driver availability from the manufacturer I think Windows wins. Most manufcaturers have drivers for Windows only.
If you mean out of box compatiability I think Linux wins because the kernel has more drivers out of the box that work then windows. For example on my nForce 4 board I need to have the drivers ready first before I install windows because my network adapter is not supported out of the box (In Vista it is though) In linux it just works. In fact I only need my nVidia graphic drivers for Linux ever and thats only cause I want 3D acceleration otherwise the kernel has a driver for that too.
Also for linux I would like to point out I never had too much of an issue with different versions of drivers the only choice I ever needed to make was 32bit or 64bit unless you mean districution choices (Like what kind of package you want but .tar.gz2 format work in any version from my experience) while it has been admitted that Windows needs a version of rhte driver for its various editions. There is not unified window driver. But then its not a big deal most people know what they want.
I love Windows because I love my games and it does what I need it to do. But I also love my linux install because there is a lot of neat geek stuff I can do with it. Also btw does anyone know how to get X360 to interface with MythTV?