[sdiy] OT: Screw Linux.

[Andre Majorel]

On 2005-10-03 19:49 -0400, Jeff Farr wrote:

> Yes, it has nothing to do with sdiy, but I've gotta vent this. I've
> spent the whole weekend trying to install linux on my laptop to work
> with some packages from CCRMA (Ok, so it has a little to do with
> SDIY). Long story short my laptop is now *physically* broken. No BIOS.
> Windows was never this bad, not even close. Makes me wonder if it's
> all just hype..

A more apropos thing to wonder about would be why chip vendors
don't give their specs without an NDA, forcing libre software
implementers (Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD...) to reverse
engineer them, with poor compatibility as a result.

As for your laptop, I'd suggest you ask for help on the CCRMA
mailing lists, newsgroups or forums. Someone may have the
answer.

-- 
André Majorel <amajorel at teaser.fr>
http://www.teaser.fr/~amajorel/