On Thursday 28 May 2009 18:43:33 Craig White wrote:
On Thu, 2009-05-28 at 12:08 -0400, Max Pyziur wrote:
> Little Laptops With Linux Have Compatibility Issues
>
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124346723960760371.html#mod=todays_us_per
>sonal_journal
>
> fyi,
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I suppose inherent is the assumption that the problems don't happen with
Windows and that they are always the Linux software.
My experience with my Acer Aspire One was decidedly different.
+1
It came with Windows. My USB key and hard drive wouldn't work in
Windows
but did work with Linux. After I upgraded the BIOS they also worked with
Windows.
Mine came with Lupus (I think) Linux. I removed it almost from day one and
installed Fedora 10.
My USB SD card reader doesn't work in Windows so I have to plug
into my
Linux computer to get pictures off the card and transfer them to
Windows.
I couldn't say for sure whether the card reader works or not - I use a usb
card-reader - but certainly everything else does.
What the author doesn't say is that he has learned to put up
with
Windows problems and writes as if those problems are unique to Linux.
They are not.
Just a 'for example' - on this full-size laptop I cannot hold a wireless
network connection for more than a minute or two in windows. It works
faultlessly in Mandriva.
The problem, of course, is that people will think the author knows what he is
talking about.
Anne
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