Ubuntu is not free.

[Gilles Gravier]

If you HAVE a machine that is running an unsupported version of Windows 
(say 98, or Millenium) then you might want to upgrade it. Windows XP 
probably won't be an option.

I have an old Sony laptop. It was built at the time of 98SE. Windows XP 
doesn't come with Jog Dial drivers... and Sony has no drivers for that 
machine for Windows XP... and there is NO WAY I will continue to use 
Windows 98...

So logical choice was Linux... and, in particular, Ubuntu, which, on 
this 466 MHz machine with 8GB disk and 320 MB RAM behaves quite well 
enough to do some work on the move.

So... I *WANTED* to use Linux, but *DID NOT* have the choice of 
hardware. It happens, in fact, here, that Linux had nice support for the 
NeoMagic graphics chip (that XP didn't) and for the Jog Dial... so I am 
happy with this machine running Linux, and with the fact that Ubuntu 
came, out of the web, with the drivers supporting it.

Gilles.

Derek Broughton wrote:
> Ouattara Aziz wrote:
>
>   
>> Derek Broughton a écrit :
>>     
>>> Gilles Gravier wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> The problem arises when you decide to put Ubuntu (or any other OS) on a
>>>> machine that you already have... then you have to live with whatever
>>>> hardware you already had before... probably hardware that *WAS* running
>>>> fine on Windows with proprietary drivers.
>>>>
>>>> I like ideals... but reality kicks in every now and then... a bit (just
>>>> a bit) of moderation and realistic behavior will go a long way.
>>>>         
>>> Sorry, but you're not talking reality here.  If I have hardware that
>>> doesn't support Linux, why would I even try to install Linux on it -
>>> after all,
>>> you're saying that it's already got a working OS on it.  If I want to use
>>> Linux for philosophical reasons, then I have to live with the
>>> limitations. If I _need_ to use Linux because it's the only way to do
>>> 'X', then it's incumbent to use hardware that works with Linux.
>>>       
>> I don't need a reason (like philosophical or anything else ) to use
>> Linux. What you are saying is : if you don't use linux for philosophical
>>   reason or for a particular reason (to do 'X') , then stay on windows.
>>     
>
> No, I'm not, so please don't put words in my mouth.  I'm saying if you have
> a working computer, you don't have a _need_ to install Linux on unsuitable
> hardware.  If you _want_ to use Linux, then you need to consider the
> hardware you have available and buy appropriate hardware if necessary.
>   

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