With Ubuntu, every piece of hardware I have is automatically detected and the correct module loaded at boot time. The only difference was getting X to configure my nvidia hardware with the proprietary drivers. I can't see exactly how this is in any way inferior.
HAL and insertable kernel modules take care of it all.
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Hardware detection? Not so rare...
Posted by: gonzeaux on March 08, 2006 06:57 AMHAL and insertable kernel modules take care of it all.
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