[ltp] Bad news for us ...

Kris Steenhaut linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sun, 04 Jun 2006 15:04:40 +0200


Macskasi Csaba ha scritto:

> On Sun, 04 Jun 2006 13:41:32 +0200, Atul Chitnis 
> <mail@atulchitnis.net>  wrote:
>
>> So far, no really Linux-incompatible Thinkpad exists, and if one 
>> comes  out, I am sure this list will alert people soon enough, so you 
>> don't end  up buying it.
>
> What about the R50e?
>
>> If the Thinkpad you buy today is Linux compatible today, it will  
>> continue to be so for the rest of the life of the laptop
>
> Thats where I have to disaggree. There are cases in which hardware 
> support  lacks in new(er) kernels. A good example is the pdc262old. 
> Noone cares  that it used to work on 2.4 but now it is a piece of 
> crap. Same thing with  ensoniq soundcards and windyos...
>
The problem looks to be apparently people can't realize we are in Jin 
2006 already. :-)

-- 
Groeten uit Gent,

   Kris