[linux-elitists] [doc@ssc.com: [Fwd: Plug 'n' Pray to Plug 'n' Play: What's it Going to Take?]]

[James Sparenberg]

On Thursday 20 April 2006 13:48, Greg KH wrote:
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> > > And yes, we do seem to have a ton of Linux jobs here in 
Portland...
> > 
> > Yeah, but it RAINS ALL THE TIME!  (Sorry, Oregonian protective 
reflex.
> > We do want more Linux folks here, even if some of them *are* 
Californians.)
> 
> It doesn't rain that much here.  Well, compared to CA, yes, but 
that's
> an unfair comparison...
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h

Greg,

  In the last 7 weeks we have had around 10 days not raining.  4 of 
them in a row this week.  So for your sake I hope it's not raining 
more than that.  

 On subject the biggest "problem" I have in Linux is dealing with 
wireless NIC's.  Directly the fault of the manufacturer as the card 
listed as supported today might not have the same Chip tomorrow, but 
will have the same FCC number etc.  (grrr) But honestly it's been 
more than a little while since I've really had to worry about whether 
or not Linux will support hardware, generally if it isn't so new that 
an XP install from CD won't find it I'm 100% OK and if XP can't I'm 
98% OK.  I actually tend more often to use Linux to find out how to 
make that other OS run, where in the 90's I used that other OS to 
find out if I could run on the hardware.  

 My USB experience is that in general Linux, FreeBSD and Mac support 
it the best with Redmond trailing.  (It seems that 2003 server and 
some versions of XP have problems with removal and re-insertion)  
It's so much fun to plug something in and watch friends oo and aah 
when it gets detected and a window pops up to get me going.  I've an 
HP camera and it worked out of the box on every Linux box in the 
house.   Worst problem with USB is that a number of supper cheap or 
free pen drives really need to be re-formated to work right.  

  On the other side.  What's a good "source" for researching jobs in 
Linux, in Oregon?  

James