Problems Linux Enthusiasts Refuse to Address

[Michael Haney]

On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 7:12 AM, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5 April 2011 08:50, Avi Greenbury <lists at avi.co> wrote:
>> Michael Haney wrote:
>>>
>>> http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3929866/
>>>
>>> I totally agree with everything in this article.
>>
>> Really? At the risk of coming across as some sort of an uber geek I thought
>> most of those problems were fairly well solved by now? It's been a long time
>> since I've had a bit of hardware that didn't work in Linux out of the box,
>> and I've never got into the habit of checking compatibility first.
>
> You're lucky. I'll give you the last example to try my patience: the
> MSI Wind Top all-in-one touchscreen PC. The touchscreen works, but the
> directions are reverse: move your finger left, the pointer goes right.
> Move it down, it goes up. Completely useless.
>
> The extant drivers use HAL and only work up to about Ubuntu 9.04 or something.
>
> I spent 2 or 3 days on this and in the end sent the machine back as
> unfit for purpose.
>
> In recent months, I have had serious issues with notebook Wifi
> adaptors, Ethernet adaptors and webcams, as well.
>
> It is /not/ a resolved issue. Not even close.
>

Correct, I ran into this issue trying to get the wifi on my Acer
laptop to work in Ubuntu.  There is also the issue of the feature
being "removed" that allowed you to select what monitor you are using
so you can select the correct screen resolution.  For newbies this can
be a crippling issue that makes them go back to Windows.  Again, its
an unacceptable and totally avoidable problem.  Basically the
"feature" should never have been removed since it is so vital.

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