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Manufacturers WILL supply drivers if we make it easy for them.
We need common binary standard for drivers accross ALL distributions, with backward compatibility. Manufacturers will NOT give up 5% of the market if we make it easy for them. They want to put one and only one Linux driver on the CD. Well, as with Windows, they have Win98, 2000, XP, so if they had to include two or three Linux versions, that is ok too, but best one new driver model ever 3 years or so, WITH backward compatibility. We also need a graphical interface for loading drivers from a CD or other media.

If we can do this, the Linux driver problem will go away so fast it will make your head spin. This is NOT the fault of the manufacturers. And, this will result in an immediate boost in desktop Linux usage. There are a ton of people out there that have tried Linux, but could not make all the hardware work and went back to Windows.
Posted by: DonnieBoy   Posted on: 04/05/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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It is getting a lot better!  whieber | 04/05/06
But what happens if you go out an buy an accessory that was NOT available  DonnieBoy | 04/05/06
Just wait 6 months  nucrash | 04/07/06
Manufacturers WILL supply drivers if we make it easy for them.  DonnieBoy | 04/05/06
It is already starting to happen  bportlock | 04/10/06
Bingo!!!!!  bka1959 | 04/05/06
You buy an odd ball key board and expect.................  Can you hear me | 04/05/06
Again, the keyboard manufacturers would do it IF we had a common driver  DonnieBoy | 04/05/06
But But But  LGLisle | 04/06/06
Oddball should not make a difference  jheine | 04/06/06
Intel sets a great example...  thaeger | 04/05/06
And you have to get rid of the pony tail hippies  Boot_Agnostic | 04/11/06

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