Re: Where to start: hardware and reading material

Nevyn <[email protected]>
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On 8 October 2011 13:52, David L Neil <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> Another thought is that if you are talking about 'recycling' older (and
> likely cheaper) equipment then rather than downloading the latest version of
> your choice of distro, a version that is -1, -2, or even 3-versions 'old'
> might be more compatible (whatever that concept might be)...
>

This doesn't ring quite so true for Linux. Generally speaking, the drivers
for hardware get better over time and because it's opensource, someone other
than the vendor is capable of updating those drivers.

We're not talking about a Windows world here.

Regards,
Nevyn
http://nevsramblings.blogspot.com/
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