When I go to stores that sell peripherals, I find myself peeking at the backs of packages to see how many items claim to be Linux compatible. I rarely find any.
As far as software related assistence is concerned, most Linux users are probably sophisticated enough to be able to deal with their own problmes, but this generalization becomes less valid every day. Linux is now easier to use than windows is, and a lot of people with limited technical skills are migrating. Its about time that major vendors recongized this.
One of the major problems for vendors is the lack of standardization. My dsl modem's manual had a section about configuring for use with Linux - it said something along the lines of: "different distributions and desktop environments use different utilities for network configuration, so this manual relies upon the technical expertise common amongst Linux users... blah blah blah"
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Posted by: segphault on January 20, 2005 10:32 PMAs far as software related assistence is concerned, most Linux users are probably sophisticated enough to be able to deal with their own problmes, but this generalization becomes less valid every day. Linux is now easier to use than windows is, and a lot of people with limited technical skills are migrating. Its about time that major vendors recongized this.
One of the major problems for vendors is the lack of standardization. My dsl modem's manual had a section about configuring for use with Linux - it said something along the lines of: "different distributions and desktop environments use different utilities for network configuration, so this manual relies upon the technical expertise common amongst Linux users... blah blah blah"
Linux is a challenging thing to support!
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