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|    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?              --       K. | Ancient Chinese Proverb:       http://slated.org | "The road to Hell is paved with       Fedora 8 (Werewolf) on sky | ignorant twits who know nothing       kernel 2.6.31.5, up 34 days | about GNU/Linux."              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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