I wanted to use a Linux box for some of my research. All it needed was compatibility with an image capture card.
Through some luck, I managed to get in touch with the people who designed the card and wrote its Windows and Linux drivers.
The Linux drivers worked for a particular kernel. Kernel changed, driver was useless.
They wrote a new driver. Kernel changed, driver was useless.
I can't recall how many times they did this, but they eventually built up a distaste for Linux that I share.
No corporate-designed OS is as fickle, where the kernel continually changes and no two pieces of obscure hardware EVER work for the same kernel.
Drove me nuts, gave up, used Win98SE, cursed for 12 months about it.
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