Comments on: Hardly Any Hardware Works on Ubuntu Linux? http://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/hardly-any-hardware-works-on-ubuntu-linux/ Resources, help, how to's and tutorials for Ubuntu Linux users! Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:52:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: UbuntuLinuxHelp http://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/hardly-any-hardware-works-on-ubuntu-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-368 UbuntuLinuxHelp Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:57:36 +0000 http://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/hardly-any-hardware-works-on-ubuntu-linux/#comment-368 Yup, you're right. We don't want to hear/read filth. We only want to say it. Hee hee hee... But you've got a valid point, which is: we still have to make sure the hardware is compatible. Usually when I'm at a tech shop asking about a part... "Is it compatible with Ubuntu Linux?". They start smiling and you can see they don't know. (One reason why I poked a little "dig" at Logitec in the webcam post). ;) Yup, you’re right. We don’t want to hear/read filth. We only want to say it. Hee hee hee… But you’ve got a valid point, which is: we still have to make sure the hardware is compatible.

Usually when I’m at a tech shop asking about a part… “Is it compatible with Ubuntu Linux?”. They start smiling and you can see they don’t know. (One reason why I poked a little “dig” at Logitec in the webcam post). ;)

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]]> By: Vadim P. http://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/hardly-any-hardware-works-on-ubuntu-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-367 Vadim P. Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:48:03 +0000 http://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/hardly-any-hardware-works-on-ubuntu-linux/#comment-367 Only had that happen once, to which I replied, "Okay, list me all hardware that isn't working." The list was extremely short. Then we checked the manufacturers page, and saw no Linux support listed. That explained things some. Next, we googled the name of the offending device, and a few words describing the problem. Second google link, a couple of copy/pasted commands on the terminal, and the hardware was working just fine. The guy was quite happy too also, and future requests were much more polite. -That's- the real thing you're going for :) Only had that happen once, to which I replied, “Okay, list me all hardware that isn’t working.”

The list was extremely short. Then we checked the manufacturers page, and saw no Linux support listed. That explained things some.

Next, we googled the name of the offending device, and a few words describing the problem. Second google link, a couple of copy/pasted commands on the terminal, and the hardware was working just fine.

The guy was quite happy too also, and future requests were much more polite. -That’s- the real thing you’re going for :)

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