[ubuntu-studio-users] ubuntu-studio-users Digest, Vol 76, Issue 26

[Gord L Williams]

On 13-08-30 09:00 AM, ubuntu-studio-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com wrote:
> How could broken hardware be ok when using another OS? If the hardware
> >does work with another OS, than the hardware isn't broken.
> >
The key words would be other OS.  Nvidia supports Windows and other 
commercial OSs like OSx but does not play nice with the developers of 
Linux,  who mostly work for free and just want to help out. Picture them 
with the hat in hand waiting at the gargantuan doors, monolith type 
saying "please sir may I have the open code?"   No response.

Another one that was difficult was Soundblaster/Audigy.   Same drill.

There are a few hardware manufacturers that are *dimly ***aware of Linux 
or are outright haters of Open source because they fail to see any money 
in it.   Its their fail,  because Canonical and other companies seem to 
be doing okay.

I used 'Monolithic' because there are huge companies that refuse to 
acknowledge or work with Linux.  But call it Android and put them into 
the cell phone market and their ears perk up.  Linux for the desktop 
will probably benefit but its like visiting your country cousin and 
finding out five years after you they get some digital cable.  Heck were 
I am we just got fibre,  a village of 700.   We danced on the roofs.

Linux has come a long way,  but the plug and play idiom that was very 
popular with Win XP onwards "It just works!"   isn't as true with Linux, 
   particularly if your like my son,  who can quote the specs on his 
graphics card 'because all gamers can'.

For Ubuntustudio this does have an effect if your doing photography,  or 
if your creating hi-resolution graphics.   You just have to research 
your card and its a good bet to stay away from NVidia and find something 
more compatible.

Unless you have an all in one like I do,  the good news is you probably 
have a slot to put it in after your research.   Find a graphics 
community or gamer community and find out what they have done.  They may 
have discovered a patch for your card.

Five years ago,  the card probably wouldn't have worked at all. You 
could just wait,  as the solution is slower in coming for Linux.

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