Are you having a hard time buying stuff because of compatibility with Linux?

[Klaidas]

Are you having a hard time buying stuff because of compatibility with Linux?

No. I dual boot

Make sure vendors and management know that there are people outhere who want to buy linux compatible stuff

Well, considering linux has how much? <1% of desktop marketshare, I guess, the will of Windows is making the rules

[macogw]

I've been lucky as so far everything works except a usb webcam which was an impulse purchase and I don't use it anymore..hehe..

However, yes, I'm being careful what to buy, which is a problem as my nearest computer shop usually only buys from the same manufacturer, and the staff don't know what Linux is

Wow, they're stupid. Is it Best Buy? No, wait, they know Linux exists, they're just clueless. Radioshack, huh?

I Googled most parts of my laptop and then checked with a live cd before buying it. As for other stuff, haven't really bought anything new, but Googled an old webcam I found and discovered it would work OOTB (it did). I got a digital picture keychain for Christmas from my brother though, and it's Windows-only. I got the file transfer software to run in Wine, but the drivers couldn't be installed. I'm going to see if my boyfriend will write a driver for it (or better yet, help me write it). If he can't get it working, return it.

[GeneralZod]

Generally, I don't buy hardware anymore unless it has 100% open-source drivers and will work out of the box on an up-to-date distro.

[IYY]

With a bit of research, I don't find it to be all that difficult.

[arnieboy]

Now I have this printer/scanner, Canon PIXMA MP150, which I still can't find a software to run with so I'm forced to use Windows again.

have you tried this howto?
http://home.arcor.de/wittawat/pixma/ubuntu-howto.html

[kevinf311]

It was certainly harder for me to get a wireless card. I was lucky, though; I found one on ebay which the seller listed as compatible with linux. And indeed, it worked out of the box with ubuntu.

I would be very grateful if you could tell me exactly what wireless card you bought. I will be in need of one when I move back to Maryland as the house is not wired for internet.

[rev_b]

I don't know, I didn't buy any special hardware for linux, Ubuntu recognised all that I had already...
Wait, I did buy a HP 6940 printer after Ubuntu being my main OS , but then again, you can't go wrong with HP and linux...

[3rdalbum]

I originally only had a Mac, so I've never just blindly bought something and assumed it would work.

Having said that, I did buy my MP3 player and video digitiser even though I hadn't checked if they would run on Linux, and they didn't. I had thought "Oh, I don't mind if I've got to use these on Windows", but now I'm annoyed that the MP3 player is unusable without a reboot.

I also bought an internal DVD burner without checking, but those kinds of things are plug 'n' play anyway.

I always make a point of mentioning "This works on Linux", so the salespeople know that there's at least some kind of demand. The people at **** Smith's in Australia are very knowlegable. Except for the Karrinyup store, every store I've gone to so far has had at least one Linux user! (they keep suggesting distributions that I should use instead of Ubuntu, lol).

Oh, and I don't want to hear any more jokes about Best Buy - the electrical store I work for has now joined a new group under the name Best Buy (no relation to the American one).

[ihatethedekoys]

The Linux Incompatibility List

[Johnsie]

Being a Linux user takes away my freedom to use a lot of things. Until that chnages I'll always need to have Windows on at least one computer in the hosue.