Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 27th Nov 2006 18:35 UTC, submitted by wakeupneo
"I have an impressive talent for buying laptop computers hostile to Linux. Right now I'm using a Sony Vaio VGN-FS840/W, with more proprietary drivers than you can shake a stick at. It's so bad that even a retail edition of Windows XP won't run on it; you need the OEM Windows. As for Linux drivers, forget it. Sony has more important things to worry about, like recalling millions of inflammable batteries. So naturally, this machine represents quite a challenge for a Linux distro. My personal favourite, SuSE, won't run on it without a tiring vi session, trying to edit xorg.conf to get a screen to appear. But Xandros Home Edition Premium ran fine right out of the box."
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My personal favourite, SuSE, won't run on it without a tiring vi session, trying to edit xorg.conf to get a screen to appear.
OHHHhhhh NOOOoooo!!!
ever heard of nano or nano-tiny? How tiring is pecking a little on a keyboard actually?
Indeed, it has turned out more functional on this Linux-hating computer than even a vanilla Windows installation, which is not something one expects.
Actually it is EXACTLY what should be expected. Free drivers that are included in the kernel make life a breeze. Most of my newer machines require at least about 60megs of drivers for windows, linux 0megs!
Thus we're missing the KBear FTP client, KGpg, KMplayer, Kaffeine, KPackage, the K3b CD utility, Ark, and many others.
Agree, some more apps crammed in would be nice!
This means that the panel is buzzing with little applets popping up and interrupting your work to warn you to scan for viruses and the like.
Agreed, sounds like a lot of bull-logna to me.