Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 29 May 2006 00:38:03 +0200 | From | Jan-Benedict Glaw <> | Subject | Re: How to check if kernel sources are installed on a system? |
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On Sun, 2006-05-28 18:02:53 -0400, Lee Revell <rlrevell@joe-job.com> wrote: > On Sun, 2006-05-28 at 23:55 +0200, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote: > Chicken and egg problem. Users have hardware and they want to run Linux > on it. It's not always feasible for them to verify Linux compatibility > before they buy. And some vendors like BenQ even ship a Linux CD with > their laptops even though the sound doesn't work on any BenQ system - > they obviously did not even try it. So we have a large population of > users who would love to run Linux but can't until we support their > hardware.
In my world, "we" also contains the user. If a user doesn't want to eg. re-test with upstream kernels or consider to put other efforts (like paying developers or learning to code), then re doesn't *really* want it supported.
> > If there's a user that *really* wants that hardware supported, > > then they will put effort into getting it to work, either by helping > > debugging, hacking or by paying some expert to reverse-engineer an > > existing driver. > > There are many users who *really* want their hardware supported but > don't have the funds or the know-how to do any of these. Like all of > these users: > > https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=1134
I accept the no-money argument, but not the no-knowledge one. Anybody can learn, can't they?
MfG, JBG
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