Please I would enjoy readin it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bryan-TheBS-Smith" <b.j.smith@ieee.org>
To: <slug@nks.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 10:09 AM
Subject: Re: [SLUG] Looking for a low cost sound card for Linux
> Carson Wilcox wrote:
> > While I agree with the "you are not learning anything"
> > for the most part. I have to comment that while
> > learing is a good thing, for Linux to become more
> > mainstream, things like autodetect need to work a lot
> > better. The majority of users are not interested in
> > "learning", the simply what to sit down and "use". I'm
> > not making a judgement, simply facing the facts of the
> > real world.
>
> And the real world dictates that Microsoft is far worse. Vendor
> participation and support is key. It is the only reason MS-DOS 7.x
> (aka Windows 95/98/ME) seems to autodetect hardware better is
> because it has vendor support (as well as uses "aggressive"/"crash
> prone" probing -- but that's another story). Of course Windows ME
> "compatibility" has gone down significantly compared to its MS-DOS
> 7.x siblings, and don't even get me started on NT/2000. ;-PPP
>
> I could explain all the details of the SBLive driver's development
> for Linux, but I'll leave that to those who want to hear it
> off-list.
>
> -- Bryan "TheBS" Smith
> Longtime NT and Linux user and new subscriber
>
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