Well I installed the latest Unbuntu 11.10 or something like that, now here is
where I'm going to start this small rant.
Well I had no idea that having a High Speed connection would be required, but
hey, can't win them all. Now after I did the installation Ubuntu did not
recognize any hardware outside of my monitor. It didn't see my ATI card, it
didn't see my internal Modem which of course I need to start downloading what
software it is looking for. It did however install it's own drivers for my
sound, mind you I didn't mind the driver it did install...I need the modem to
work.
My point here is that any Linux OS should have all the drivers possible, and
have a better detection system in place instead of forcing someone to download
what should be in teh initial package.
I did install it in VMware prior to doing a full install, and it worked well
enough, but the real hangup I had was when it started to download the bloody
language files (what the hell is up with that anyway, I'm english). I was able
to download all the other drivers without too much trouble but I had to skip
the language files. Of course having it work in VMware is not where I wanted to
go.
As far as initial driver base, Windows wins hands down...All I see is Betamax
vs VHS, and like VHS (inferior product) Windows will always win.... I wish it
wasn't that way, I do want to get a full working copy of linux installed, and
so far it's pretty much pointless since it doesn't recognize hardware properly.
Mind you I could be horribly wrong, but from what I have experienced so far I
can see why very few use the OS...to bad it is superior.
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