Beyond Plug & Play
Monday at 1:00, at the Desktop Linux Summit in San Diego, I'm going to give a talk titled Plug 'n' Pray to Plug 'n' Play: What's it Going to Take? If you follow that last link, you'll find no details. I'm looking for your help with that, fellow Linux Journalistas.
When I gave the organizers that title, I was still laboring under the assumption that Linux was still a little bit behind in the desktop area. Since then I have been assured by Kernel Hackers of the First Water that this is not so - that in fact this assumption belongs among the collection of myths and lies about Linux (which Greg Kroah-Hartman will detail at the July 2006 Linux Symposium in Ottowa).
What I'm learning is that Linux not only drives many common devices uncommonly well, but drives them better by making Linux device-ready in the kernel tree. No need to load some CD full of drivers and lameware before your device can start interoperating with your desktop or laptop.
Point is, there isn't much keeping Linux from being the benchmark desktop and laptop OS.
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