Are there any distros that support new hardware? I've tried linux before(Mandrake) and found that I was REALLY comrpmising on hardware functionality. Examples:
-My logitech cordless keyboard has function buttons-unprogrammable in linux
-Several joysticks don't work
-Most of my internal stuff(mb, hard drive, videocard, soundcard, & CDRW drive) aren't comaptbiile at all.
-I'ved got a TV tuner card(AIW9700 pro) that I can't use at all
-I don't have sound(SBAugiy 2 platium-no audio rack funciotnality either)
-RAID drivers unavalibile
Is this one of those cases where MS is better to run than linux? You hear all of the stories about it running on old, outdate underpowered hardware, but what about new, extremely powerful stuff?
As well, I do a lot of audio mixing and video editing. Would linux support that? Specifically, Flash and Cubasis-type stuff, and Finale for music composition.
[ June 10, 2003: Message edited by: Corkscrew ]