Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Linux question...

audiomaker2000 wrote:

> Ok, maybe a little OT here, but I'm asking because I'd like to play
> with EMC and would even dedicate a computer to do so, and I figure
> the CC(c)ED group would have insight pertaining to a computer that
> only needs to serve as a controller.
> My question is..what about all the drivers?
> Recently I downgraded from Win2k to Win 98 so I could try out Master5
> (prior to Master5XP), and it was a complete nightmare. Half of the
> computer didn't work (it shipped with ME). Video cards, CDR driver,
> monitor profiles..etc.
> So, I'm guessing since I don't know any better that this BDI formats
> your drive and installs Linux, but it couldn't possibly come with all
> the specific drivers that Microsoft has accumulated, and they can be
> quite hard to track down manually.
>
> So how does this work?

www.linux.org (or is that .com) has a file called the hardware compatibility

list. If all your hardware is marked as supported in the list, you should
be OK. If not shown as supported, you may or may not have a problem.
There are other classes of hardware, indicating some features of the
hardware may not work, or there may be problems with certain software.
Video cards have been a REAL pain, and it seems nobody makes the
same video card for more than 2 weeks!

Jon