Gonna have to partly disagree, though this is getting off topic. Windows and Linux are equally easy if it's a sound card that's supported in the distribution. The OS automatically detects it, installs the proper driver, and off you go.
If it's not, Windows has the edge. With most modern cards and modern Windows versions, you install the card, turn on the machine, insert the CD, and let it find the driver. Then you reboot and you're done. With Linux, first you pray the card is supported by someone. Then you download a kernel patch, install it, and recompile your kernel from the source code. Then you install the new kernel (don't forget to run LILO!), reboot, and hope that the patch didn't break anything else, and that the startup scripts they decided to use in your particular distribution won't be confused by the new kernel. Linux is a great server OS, and it's also not bad as a centrally maintained desktop OS if you can get around the unavailability of certain types of software. But it's not easy enough for your average home user yet, and may never be. -----Original Message----- From: ScanMan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 8:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: VNC is Powerful, could it become like Citrix And you think Windows is easier? Sit a newbie down in front of a freshly installed Windows box, and I guarantee you, he won't even get his soundcard working. It really just depends on what you're used to. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------
