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The actual problem is identification of hardware and OS

The actual problem is identification of hardware and OS

Posted Aug 20, 2006 23:40 UTC (Sun) by Baylink (subscriber, #755)
In reply to: The actual problem is identification of hardware and OS by cantsin
Parent article: Free software's secret weapon: FOOGL (Linux Journal)

Changing from a Windows PC to a Mac is like switching from a Ford to a Toyota, with some things expected to work differently. But if Linux gets installed on a PC previously running Windows, it turns one machine into something else, just as if one would enter one's Ford and find its internals - seats, pedals, wheels, switches and controls - rebuilt into a Toyota.

You had to do what with the seats?


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