[GRLUG] Knoppix with mouse problems?

[John J Foerch]

Michael Mol writes:
 > On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 11:17 AM, John J Foerch <jjfoerch at earthlink.net> wrote:
 > > People have commented in this thread that perhaps linux has abandoned
 > > compatibility for some old machines.  I highly doubt that.  Linux is
 > > renowned for its excellent support of ancient hardware--and renowned
 > > for people porting it to all kinds of crazy devices.
 > 
 > I beg to differ...There are many, many drivers and subsystems that the
 > kernel team have dropped support for over the years.  Typically, this
 > happens when some component of the kernel API changes and there's no
 > longer an active maintainer for the device.  See the old DevFS and
 > NTFS drivers, old ISA or MCA device drivers, and sound cards that were
 > supported under OSS but never had their drivers ported or recreated
 > for ALSA.  Those are just the examples that I can think of off the top
 > of my head.

 Interesting..

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John Foerch