08-10-2014, 06:27 AM
If linux were as big as MS, we would have tremendous driver support, as it is we have to make do with what we are offered. The situation is what it is. The fact is that as linux matures, support for older hardware wanes. If you had a newer machine with more power chances are you would be trouble free on the hardware front and be enjoying a much better linux experience. Please don't think I'm saying to go buy a new machine, because I am not. I'm explaining the 'state of linux' at the moment as it is in the desktop world. Linux works on 1000's on different computer configurations, our own hardware list https://www.freecinema2022.gq/hwdb.html has nearly 800 machines listed, and is growing.
MS has a monopoly on desktops, and until that changes our driver support from hardware vendors will not be on par.
MS has a monopoly on desktops, and until that changes our driver support from hardware vendors will not be on par.