[Ham-Computers] Linux and Firefox

[Ronald KA4INM Youvan]

> I tried Red Hat about 3 years ago, but finding software and drivers for
> sound cards, various peripherals, etc. turned into more of an exercise than
> I was willing to put up with at the time. I'd like to give it another try,
> but was wondering if the newer versions of Linux are any easier to deal
> with, and if the available application and driver software has improved.

   I have been exclusively LINUX since 1997 and I never had to look for any 
"drivers" for any hardware, it all comes with Slackware.  They are called
"modules" and they can be added or removed from the running LINUX kernel
at any time.  (unless compiled in, then they can only be removed at boot
if they are not needed, but they can be added back later if needed)
   Were you looking for drivers for a "win-moodem? or a "Win-printer"?
I wouldn't touch those.
   I bought a brand new Mommy board in 2002 and the kernel didn't have
a driver for the NEW VIA chip set, I used the PIO mode of hard drive
access for months, until the next kernel revision came out.
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