From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932375AbVLHUpS (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Dec 2005 15:45:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932378AbVLHUpS (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Dec 2005 15:45:18 -0500 Received: from quelen.inf.utfsm.cl ([200.1.19.194]:14216 "EHLO quelen.inf.utfsm.cl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932375AbVLHUpQ (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Dec 2005 15:45:16 -0500 Message-Id: <200512081932.jB8JWkfN020116@pincoya.inf.utfsm.cl> To: Kasper Sandberg cc: Nicolas Mailhot , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario In-Reply-To: Message from Kasper Sandberg of "Thu, 08 Dec 2005 01:58:56 BST." <1134003536.8162.4.camel@localhost> X-Mailer: MH-E 7.4.2; nmh 1.1; XEmacs 21.4 (patch 18) Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 16:32:46 -0300 From: Horst von Brand Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Kasper Sandberg wrote: [...] > i disagree, you make it sound like it takes weeks of effort to find out > which stuff works on linux, and that basically you have to be lucky to > find it at all... > basically the only thing that doesent work (i dont count binary-only > solutions working) is nvidia and ati. Count several WiFi cards into it too. Perhaps very-high-end stuff. And what doesn't work well on Linux in "normal PCs" (rock-bottom priced stuff, mostly) doesn't work well at all, period. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513