On Sat, Aug 05, 2006 at 12:22:53AM +0530, Dinesh Joshi wrote:
huh? i usually use yum to install stuff. for drivers i download the RPMs and install them if they're not provided by yum. Rest other times its generally: ./configure && make && make install for me :). Also, there was something called as sourceinstall. A nice project. Dont knnow what became of it.
There is no time for all this in tight production schedules. Internet is not always available and at high speeds. What would be more penetrative is that Suse or Fedora or all such ones in India set up labs for testing and provide a set of drivers for every new hardware ( mobos and others) that comes into the market. They need not give it free. A small charge of Rs. 500/- for the distro and the driver set per mobo can be very attractive compared to Rs. 3700/- for XP home. The driver installation should be an automated script that simply needs to be double clicked.
Linux need not be as complex as its meant to be. Its just an OS.
Regards,
Rony.
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