Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 2nd Nov 2009 23:59 UTC
Windows 7 has been out and about for little over a week now, and as it turns out, Microsoft's new baby is doing relatively well. That is, according to the figures by NetApplications: Windows 7 already reached the 3% mark this weekend, and is already closing in on the 4% mark.
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RE[7]: Windows market share
by AirIntake on Tue 3rd Nov 2009 16:40
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Member since:2009-10-29
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/411574
Mine's not fixed. My sound card will disappear every few days, even though it worked fine in 8.04, 8.10, and 9.04. While I might put up with it because I like to play, the average consumer sure won't.
RE[7]: Windows market share
by izomiac on Tue 3rd Nov 2009 19:22
in reply to "RE[6]: Windows market share"
Member since:2006-07-26
According to Intel themselves, the 4500MHD has been supported by the Linux drivers for quite some time.
Not as long as Windows has supported it though. I got my laptop back in December and there were lots of issues back then. Even now, h264 acceleration also seems to be more advance in Windows, although I think that's more an API issue. As for audio, the number of speakers reported varies with each driver release, and has yet to reflect reality, and sound recording has never worked. Nowadays the issues are minor, but Windows support is still better.
I did specifically choose those pieces of hardware because Intel provides open source drivers and specifications so I kinda expect the open source drivers to eventually surpass the ones available on Windows. OTOH, Intel has also been working with the author of MPC and improving the Windows driver, so it's a moving target.
RE[8]: Windows market share
by Vanders on Wed 4th Nov 2009 00:20
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Member since:2005-07-06
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2005-07-06
According to Intel themselves, the 4500MHD has been supported by the Linux drivers for quite some time. I've just checked and Ubuntu 9.10 ships with (almost) the very latest drivers (2.9.0 currently).
You don't give any specific details about the problems with audio but my Intel HDA is working just fine here. Ubuntu 9.10 has even fixed PulseAudio.