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patrickl:
I had a hell of a time finding the right drivers for SCSI and/or RAID cards in my Linux servers. The hardware manual says "Linux supported", but that can mean just about anything. Indeed the kernel might be similar, but it still doesn't work.

Of course you can ask around on forums, but usually the reply would be "You can write your own". Indeed it turned out that the drivers I ultimately found were written by some guy who since stopped supporting them.

Level42:

danny_galaga:

--- Quote from: patrickl on July 07, 2008, 03:15:35 am ---I had a hell of a time finding the right drivers for SCSI and/or RAID cards in my Linux servers. The hardware manual says "Linux supported", but that can mean just about anything. Indeed the kernel might be similar, but it still doesn't work.

Of course you can ask around on forums, but usually the reply would be "You can write your own". Indeed it turned out that the drivers I ultimately found were written by some guy who since stopped supporting them.

--- End quote ---

yes, i must admit if i had to muck around with drivers i would be put off even trying linux. but i have  onboard graphics on this pc and its 4 years old so evidently everything in this machine is supported. i still have dual boot with xp though. for instance, i have my housemates hp scanner sitting here. i havent tried to see if it works in ubuntu yet but if it doesnt, i know it works in xp. i need to scan a whole bunch of photos and after that i dont need it.

oh, and level42. that was my friends reaction too when i told him. he said 'just get a mac, and everything will just work' but i have this pc and im poorer than him  ;D

Blanka:

--- Quote from: danny_galaga on July 07, 2008, 04:40:41 am ---yes, i must admit if i had to muck around with drivers i would be put off even trying linux. but i have  onboard graphics on this pc and its 4 years old so evidently everything in this machine is supported. i still have dual boot with xp though. for instance, i have my housemates hp scanner sitting here. i havent tried to see if it works in ubuntu yet but if it doesnt, i know it works in xp. i need to scan a whole bunch of photos and after that i dont need it.

oh, and level42. that was my friends reaction too when i told him. he said 'just get a mac, and everything will just work' but i have this pc and im poorer than him  ;D

--- End quote ---

Does your PC have SSE3 support on an Intel microprocessor? Then try installing OSX on that PC  ;D Just search for Dr. Kalyway. He'll show you the road.

Level42:
A Mac is not expensive. You get more value for your buck. It will outlast any PC (in terms of being a usefull machine)  and stay in value much longer than any PC.

http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/family/mac_mini

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