[Coco] OT: Vista and MS patent application, Linux

[Mannequin*]

Roger Taylor wrote:

...

> Linux can be free for all, and shipped to us for free, but that's not 
> going to be the reason people ditch Windows, nor will they give up 
> their addictions, ways of thinking, simplicity, habits, business 
> requirements, etc. for an OS that doesn't have a "just make it work" 
> concept.  I love Linux, but it is just the opposite of "just make it 
> work".  It's more like, "learn how to program, then recompile the 
> kernel or drivers and see if that makes it work".  ;)  Not gonna happen.

...

Roger, you want something that just works? Try Ubuntu. It just works for 
my laptop (Dell Inspiron E1705 with most [if not all] of the fixings). 
The only that I have to compile is the 'Network Manager' because it 
doesn't support my wireless card 'out of the box'. (That's because there 
are a few problems with the version that they are distributing.) But 
that's pretty much like Windoze, I have to install proprietary *shivers* 
ATI drivers for my video card, and a few other things that are just an 
'apt-get' (or for you GUI lovers, Synaptic) away. 'Nuff said.

Oh... and no having to build a new kernel. I haven't done that in years. :)

-M.