Re: There is no proper installable device driver system
WRONG!
And most of us aren't simple enough to "install everything". ...and if we did, we would understand that we chose to have a large install.
But let's look at that large install. My Slackware if everything were installed would weigh in at 5GB. What does that get us?
The ability to boot the drive in any system given boot sector/super block is present and correct.
Several Office apps
Several Multimedia apps
Several Development apps
Many Games
Various package managers
Various command line utilities
Various web browsers
FTP servers and clients
SSH clients and servers
Web servers
Database servers
Various programming languages
Various compilers
Various shells
Various locale and languages
Various character support tables
True multi-user support
Proper permission system
Etc
Etc
Etc
Etc
...and what does the same 5GB net you in OSx or Windows? Not very much.
And no proper device driver system?
Get real! There is TONS more device support in Linux and 9 times out of 10, it's plug and play.
Just TRY and connect a 15 year old MP3 player to Win7+, ain't happening. Install over 100MB of support software, it's there, but can't talk to the system. Linux? About 180k on support software, reads, writes, and plays just fine.
Having kernel MODULES (device drivers) for damn near every piece of hardware made since 1990something is a huge plus in my book. Shit, my Madcatz Panther XL joystick lost support in XP. Drivers were 3rd party and buggy. Guess what, still 100% supported under Linux.
Go get Ubuntu.
Forget about Linux. It's not for you.
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