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   Message 4,131 of 5,618   
   Homer to All   
   Re: Why Linux Has Better Hardware Suppor   
   28 Jan 11 19:00:46   
   
   XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: usenet@slated.org   
      
   Verily I say unto thee, that Chris Ahlstrom spake thusly:   
   > Uuh wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:   
   >> Chris Ahlstrom wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> As far as I can tell, Windows XP (SP 3) requires you to put any OEM   
   >>> drivers you need on a floppy disk when you install XP.   
   >>   
   >> A better option is to slipstream the drivers, creating a custom   
   >> image.   
   >   
   > Using nLite, for example.   
      
   I wonder how many "typical consumers" who bought boxed copies of XP have   
   the savvy to mess around with "nLite" and SP slipstreaming, compared to   
   the relative simplicity of just booting from a GNU/Linux Live CD then   
   double clicking the install button.   
      
   Also, isn't creating a modified copy of the XP CD a copyright violation?   
      
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