[mythtv-users] AppleTV with Linux
jedi at mishnet.org
jedi at mishnet.org
Fri Feb 8 21:39:26 UTC 2008
> On Feb 8, 2008 12:26 PM, <jedi at mishnet.org> wrote:
>> So yes there will be "PC" drivers. They will be targeted for a
>> particualar "PC" OS. However, the fact that they are generic is
>> VERY relevant.
>
> Exactly. They're targeted for a particular OS. So they're NOT "PC"
> drivers. And they're NOT generic. Calling different distributed
> flavors of Linux "generic" doesn't apply either. You wouldn't expect
> drivers from a PPC Mac to work in Yellowdog Linux or some other PPC
> unix build, even though it's the same hardware, and vice versa. You
> don't call them "generic RISC drivers" or "generic PPC drivers". The
> fact that current Apple computers are x86-based doesn't automatically
> make Linux-based drivers better than the ones supplied by the
> manufacturer.
Apple is NOT the manufacturer.
They are a systems integrator, just like Dell.
[deletia]
That doesn't make Linux drivers "necessarily better". It merely
undermines the idea that Apple drivers are "necessarily better".
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