HP/Compaq Presario and Linux

[Neil Joseph Schelly]

On Thursday 27 January 2005 10:35 am, Travis Roy wrote:
> I see that you installed Linux in Presario and partition forces to
> re-install.
>
> This is because that the Presario product line was developed for home
> users utilizing Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, and Windows XP Home operating
> systems.
> Linux is primarily a business application and Presario products
> were not designed as business systems.  Therefore, drivers for devices
> such as modems and sound cards are not available for Linux.

Wow.  I'm surprised I haven't read about this on Slashdot yet.  I'd be pretty 
annoyed if I owned a Compaq/HP and ran into this, but I haven't bought a 
branded machine in so long that I guess I'm not really their target 
demographic anyway.

I imagine you could find hacks to get around this limitation somewhere... 
someone's done it I'm sure.
-Neil