[luau] Plug-&-Play (M$ secret code)
W. Wayne Liauh
LiauhW001 at Hawaii.rr.com
Sat Sep 7 10:25:00 PDT 2002
Initially I was a little confused, but now I really admire the way
Mandrake 9.0 handles p-n-p.
If you unplug a HD from one PC and plug it into a second PC with a
different hardware, Mandrake 9.0 will, "for the first time, and only
first time," sua sponte (automatically), use new drivers for the new
system. No questions asked. You don't need to do any re-configuration.
However, the way Mandrake 9.0 is structured, if you want the HD to stick
with the new PC, or simply to use it for a second time, then you have to
re-configure it, which requires a root privilege. If you do not do the
re-configuration, the hardware setup will revert back to its original
state, nothing has been changed--I can see a lot of advantages of this
arrangement.
This illustrates the fact that the major Linux distros have indeed put a
lot of thoughts, toil, and ingenuity into them, and not just putting the
various programs together.
Another example is that, with the Mozilla that came with Mandrake (and
Red Hat), I am able to print CJK web pages. But not so with the stock,
downloaded package. Major distros like Mandrake and Red Hat have a
worldwide network of supporters , and more importantly, hackers. This
is something that cannot be duplicated by other distros.
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