Found this article while surfing the net. Interesting.
http://broadcast.oreilly.com/2012/05/li ... ths-a.html
Linux Hardware Support Myths
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Linux Hardware Support Myths
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Re: Linux Hardware Support Myths
It is sometimes so difficult to make novice users understand that certain lacks of out-of-the-box hardware support is not a fault of Linux but of the manufacturers of such hardware."Linux is compatible with more hardware than any other OS bar none. That certainly includes Windows. Try installing Windows 7 on some random laptop from scratch and see how much is missing or unsupported without third party drivers."
Re: Linux Hardware Support Myths
The salient fact is that Linux (at least in the past) has supported more device types (hardware: they have fallen down on modems, but that is no surprise, who is using a modem these days) than windows OS has: however the newest hardware/gadget is always being supported by windows OS first( possibly due to OEM requirements/deal manufacturer + Microsoft, or alternatively that Linux is a niche OS, just like Apple OSX
--despite any propaganda to the contrary
Microsoft OS + Office suite (local or live/finally web based) + browser IS xx (now at 8) still has 95+ percent of the total OS marketplace, by their counts
--despite any propaganda to the contrary
Microsoft OS + Office suite (local or live/finally web based) + browser IS xx (now at 8) still has 95+ percent of the total OS marketplace, by their counts
- One could argue about the percentages, but it is a minor quibble, we all know that Microsoft has the most of the market..