Nick Holland wrote:
With Windows, Solaris or Linux, you hunt down drivers when new
hardware comes out. OpenBSD makes you do some work, too -- upgrade to
a new release. My experience has been that upgrading is easier than
hunting down the new drivers.
I think that this fact is a pretty good reason to support all systems
like OpenBSD. I am often smiling when I remember all those zillions of
driver CDs that came with every hardware purchase with Windows. They
were enough to get the new stuff working, but were never ever up to date.
I had to download fresh drivers every time. Followed by repeating that
several times for the lifetime of the hardware.
But I also frown about the issue. Having all those garbage CDs made in
the millions is truly bad for the environment.
With OpenBSD, a few minutes to upgrade once in a while and all usually
works great!
--
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion,
butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance
accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders,
give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new
problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight
efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
-- Robert Heinlein
