> > OK folks, get the knives out and shoot me down in flames. (I know, I
> > have mixed my metaphors).
> >
> One can dwell on the negative ("my obscure card won't work in Linux so
> it's [EMAIL PROTECTED]") or one can look at the positive, which is that 95%
> of what
> most people need in a computer can be done without paying loads of money
> for proprietary software and operating systems...
I agree about not being negative but must money be brought into the
discussion? If I want to use Ubuntu and have to pay for the 5% I need
then so be it. But is it as simple as that?
< snip >
> The key is freedom to choose... we're not railroaded into any particular
> distro or any particular way of working, in the way that Microsoft and
> its ilk would like us to be... if there's some feature lacking in Linux
> that Microsoft's offerings have, there are sure to be hundreds if not
> thousands of people out there *as we speak* working on making it happen...
Freedom of choice is a wonderful thing to have and, if Ubuntu gives us
that, then more strength to the developers' elbows.
>
> ...proprietary drivers for obscure devices are always going to be
> difficult... but you've got to look at the "bigger picture"... the
> manufacturers will sit up and listen, it is only a matter of time... and
> until then, to be honest, I wouldn't give up my OS because I couldn't
> get a USB Freeview card to work... I'd probably go down Argos and pay
> £20 for a Freeview box and plug it in next to my computer and continue
> to enjoy having a laptop that runs well, does everything I want and
> isn't constantly informing Microsoft of what I'm installing...
If all I wanted was to watch freeview television then I agree with you
but I want more. I want to be able to record programmes to my HDD and
burn them to DVD etc.
Norman
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