Ubuntu Dial up settings

[towsonu2003]

Alan McKinnon Wrote: 
> 

> But modems are fairly reliable things, at least we can usually still 

> pick one up second hand. And it's something you only do once per 

> given system

> 

may be in the US. Not abroad... They are either very hard to find, or
very expensive abroad. 

Alan McKinnon Wrote: 
> 

> 

> > > Chanchao, please don't discourage people on the basis of

> > > inaccurate and misleading information.

> >

> > Sorry, I just get VERY frustrated when I can't get very basic and

> > absolutely essential hardware to work, especially on an operating

> > system that 'just works' for everything else.

> 

> Fair enough, lock-out by hardware vendors is very frustrating. 

> Meanwhile the best approach is to continue making Ubuntu better until 

> hardware vendors see that they are losing out on market share. It's 

> frustrating now, but the end goal is worth it.

> 

This is much like bureaucracy. One will refer you to the other, who
will refer you to the first one. 



I'm not optimistic about this (Linux' market share). Anyway, hardware
vendors will not see anything unless users let them know. For every
system/accessory I purchase, I email the vendor if product is not
working properly in Linux. I also file away a bug to whatever distro
I'm using. That doesn't affect either of them really. Vendors respond:
"f*** off, we don't support whatever that you're talking about". This
includes HP... And distros close our bugs saying "sorry, go talk to
your vendor". 



My point? Linux is not going to have a market share enough to influence
hardware vendors in the foreseable future. And vendors aren't listening
to Linux users. I cannot see any solution to this BUT distro makers and
hardware driver writers (ex: linmodems.org) come together for the sake
of the users. This is why I posted this (
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=82608 ) requesting that Ubuntu
devels should join their forces with linmodems.org to make Ubuntu usable
outside United States (hence "Linux for human beings", not "Americans").
It didn't work this time, may work next time -who knows. 



Driver writers need the userbase of (and hence the numerous hardware
info obtained by) the distros; while distros need those drivers like
there is no tomorrow. 



Pressure your vendors (email, fax, phone) and your distro developers
(report bugs).


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towsonu2003