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I spent the next few days…and I do mean almost every hour of each day, attempting to find answers and solutions to my problems.
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I had a very similar experience but with dual monitors. Even had a guru come sit with me and we still couldn't get it working to my satisfaction. I have 3 screens now so I'd guess it'd be even worse!
I also have a PCI RAID controller which I try out with various live CD's every now and then. Still no joy with it being recognised.
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I guess that Linux distros have moved on greatly since then though,
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Indeed. A LONG way. Latest ubuntu is chalk and cheese with what I tried a few years ago. As long as you're on fairly mature and "normal" hardware then it's very pain free to install.
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there are still many hardware and driver issues to overcome when starting
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I found this too however I believe it's actually our pre-learned behaviour that's the problem. The whole hardware/driver model is completely different in *nix. Therefor our knowledge built from windows tends to be a hinderance. AFAIK there are no drivers as such. So when we run around looking for them we are wasting time
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Win XP .... and doesn’t force me on a learning curve to remain productive.
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I don't think you can use that as a comparison tbh. How many years have you spent building that Windows knowledgebase? Do you not think if you'd spent that time on Linux you'd probably find it just as easy?
For the record, it's the learning curve which is one of the things stopping me too. Plus I'm a Windows developer - A job made very difficult when you don't use Windows
That said, I am in the throws of retraining myself as a web developer which would mean I'd no longer have to rely on having a Windows box for my work.
I think the moment Ubuntu works with my RAID card are 3 screens I'll be jumping ship.
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Linux developers have to take that into account before it will begin to erode the main stream strangle hold MS has in the OS market. Once they are able to do that, and I begin to read from reliable sources that everything is plain sailing installing and getting software to run on a Linux OS system, then I may dip my toe in the linux waters once more to see how it feels.
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Photography (software) aside, get yourself the latest ubuntu live cd. Boot from it. If it runs, it'll install. It's that simple.