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Re: Windows Vista drivers (or Netflix watch now on Linux)



 Kristian Erik Hermansen wrote: 
> On Nov 29, 2007 2:49 PM,  <[hidden email]> wrote: 
>> And yes, Windows can be a real pain. Keeping a Linux system running well 
>> is in many ways much easier. It has its own hassles though; it wasn't 
>> until the release of Gutsy that I was finally able to get the wireless 
>> card in my Compaq laptop to work with Linux. And my two fancy sound 
>> interfaces (Echo Audio Mona Laptop and M-Audio Transit USB) still don't; 
>> the USB one works once in a while, the Mona (which uses a PCMCIA card) 
>> doesn't work at all. There is support for the Mona with the PCI desktop 
>> card, but nobody has written a driver for the PCMCIA version. 
> 
> This is a common problem.  You always need to ensure that your 
> hardware vendor offers a Linux driver for the device.  If they don't, 
> you should call them up and ask for a refund or a replacement.  I have 
> done it before, saying they claimed it was "PC-compatible".  But my PC 
> runs Linux... 


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