Question by Pioneer: what will happened to the drivers of my pc if i change from win7 to MAC or Linux?
i am planning to change my OS from windows 7 to MAC or Linux but i am quite afraid that if i do it, the drivers in my printer, camera, motherboard, bluetooth, joystick, ect. won’t work anymore.
i just wanna confirm, if my doubts are correct that the drivers that i have right now will no longer work if ever i install MAC or Linux.
i also wanna ask your advice with what versions of MAC/Linux should i use? and why?
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Answer by linsux
“i just wanna confirm, if my doubts are correct that the drivers that i have right now will no longer work if ever i install MAC or Linux.”
That is correct. The Windows drivers won’t work (Except some Windows wireless drivers that work with ndiswrapper).
With Linux, your hardware will usually either work right out of the box or not at all.
There aren’t many 3rd-party drivers available for Linux, but there are a lot of drivers built right into the kernel. Try any of the popular Linux distros like Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE, Mandriva, etc.
Mac OS X doesn’t support as much hardware as Linux, but if you’re lucky you might have a Mac-friendly computer. Probably best to try the latest version, Snow Leopard.
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