on 5-1-2009 12:19 PM Alan Bartlett spake the following:
On 01/05/2009, Marcus Moeller mail-7BlZPJ8e1eab+SiqwsCprbNAH6kLmebB@public.gmane.org wrote:
So it becomes effectively useless for everyone with a netbook/laptop and needs wireless ? I cannot use the LiveCD unless I somehow transfer the firmware (or remake the LiveCD), you loose users, hurt the project.
I am not sure if missing netbook support leads in loosing our audience.
Novice user: I'd like to see if a reliable, well respected Linux kernel based OS runs on my laptop / notebook.
Venerable wizard: Obtain copies of the various LiveCDs that are available and test.
Novice user: This works, that works, CentOS doesn't work ( ---> into the trash it goes), Ubuntu works, . . .
Result: Another potential user lost.
Surely that didn't really need to be spelt out for you, Marcus?
Alan.
The opposite would also be true... Novice tries CentOS live CD and says "Wow, this works great. I want to install CentOS!". Several hours later as he DL's the CD's to install it ,"Now this piece of @#&% doesn't work". Also into the trash...