“It’s been quite a few years since I’ve seen Linux not work with any piece of hardware.”
Good for you, but that is not my experience, and the Linux forums also attest otherwise, and that the percentage of Linux users with such problems is far higher than with Windows users, which make up about 90% of the market.
Presently, my RealTek sound card will not work on my Sony RA-840G PC, nor my Lexmark printer, despite installing all drivers and attempts to configure them.
This is not meant to bash Linux, but to balance what i see as too positive a promotion of it as desktop ready.
Daniel,
This is my assessment as well, there seems to be a bit of cheerleading going on from the “going to take over Windows crowd” that just aren’t dealing in reality. Stroll over to slashdot and read through some of the tech forums on this.
Again, the very thing that makes Linux great is also its Achilles Heel. It will always be the choice of the power-users out there or people that don’t want to conform to Windows of OSX debate.