[EMAIL PROTECTED] ("Frank Schmuck, CFO" ) writes:
> Is WinXX easier to use? Need some specifics?
>
> 1. Windows2000 auto-detects my BP6 dual processor system. All I have to
> do to get the same level of service with Linux is to edit certain
> setting, recompile the kernel, copy the new one to a new location and
> then reconfigure LILO. Yeah, just about the same.
Or actually, just install Red Hat Linux. It should detect an
SMP-capable board if installing it.
> 2. Ever set up a printer? Ever do it successfully?
Yup. Easy - if your printer is supported, that is.
> 3. How about monitors? At least you learn the term "screen refresh."
> Now that's a useful term for a cocktail party. You end up buying twice
> the monitor you need just so that it will work ok.
DDC-probing during install, or provided by Xconfigurator.
> 4. Network cards - 3COM - works fine under Windowz, need to trash it for
> Linux.
They should work fine.
> 5. How about sound? Hellooooooow? Still can't hear a thing.
Depends on your card, of course - works like a charm here. If
detected, it was automatically configured during the pinstripe
install.
Hardware configuration is usually easy if your hardware is supported -
which is often a problem.
--
Trond Eivind Glomsrød
Red Hat, Inc.
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