[GRLUG] multiple things

[Bob Kline]

Amen.  There's http://www.google.com/linux

But in the end,  perhaps the best way is to
simply try to duplicate someone's working
implementation of something while the
getting's good.  The necessary hardware,
drivers,  version of the OS,  etc.

In 30 years,  no one has learned much from
Burt Lance's dictum "if it ain't broke,  don't fix
it."  So every new set of software might well
come with as many new problems as fixes.

The best thing the group might be able to do
is to freeze the environment for a working
implementation of some project.  e.g.,  Ron's
working Myth setup.  There's usually a lot of
work that goes in to a solution,  and a lot of it
can be lost when new versions of the software
come along.

    -Bob


On 12/29/06, Ron Lauzon <rlauzon at gmail.com> wrote:
> eah wrote:
> > The intent here is to have the GRlug provide GR some Linux-based advice on
> > hardware. To take the lazy route - why not just compile a list of said
> > resources as recommended by our LUG?
> >
>
> That would be nice, but there are some issues with doing that:
> 1. By the time anyone else looks at the list, most of the hardware won't
> be made anymore.  Try going to linuxprinting.org (which lists how
> compatible printers are with Linux).  For the most part, by the time the
> printer ends up in the "Perfectly" column, it isn't sold anymore.
> 2. I recently purchased a Lenovo 3000 N100.  I loaded Mandriva 2007 on
> it.  It ran almost perfectly (I had to patch a video BIOS bug).  Now, if
> you purchased the same laptop tomorrow, my experience with Mandriva
> won't help you get Ubuntu, for example, running on it.
> 3. Just because firmware rev 3 works with Linux doesn't mean firmware
> rev 4 will work.  This is a problem I had with wireless cards a while
> ago.  I'd see from a Linux site that Card XXX rev. A worked fine with
> Linux.  So I'd go to the store and buy one.  Note that they don't put
> the "rev. A" on the box, so there's no way to know what rev it is until
> you get it home - and it's almost never "rev. A" (most likely "rev. D" -
> which is not compatible).
>
> So we can make a list.  We can keep it up to date.
>
> What we can't do is make it any more useful than going to Google and
> doing a search for "Hardware +Linux".
>
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