Find out what doesn't work with Linux Publication: Networkworld Date: Aug 30 2006 Reporter: Phil Hochmuth When Linux was in its infancy, hardware support was one of the biggest issues for the open source operating system. Good drivers for everything from video, audio, network cards, human interface devices, and the like had to be reverse engineered and written from scratch by hackers. Broader support these days by major PC hardware and peripheral manufactures has made the Linux hardware compatibility more widespread, but no one's claming "mission accomplished" on this yet Read full article Read full article in new window See other articles by Phil Hochmuth See other articles published by Networkworld Today's headlines Headlines for Aug 30, 2006
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