tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6084975437134318392.post3302753205621556629..comments2008-11-26T10:52:45.248-08:00mvilrokxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03431113916982001978noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6084975437134318392.post-87414632977383239042008-11-26T10:52:00.000-08:002008-11-26T10:52:00.000-08:00Hi CombatWombat,<BR/><BR/>Thank you very much for your comments, I really appreciate it. Turn's out somebody IS reading my blog :-).<BR/><BR/>Since I posted this I found out that indeed the blame should not totally be pushed onto Linux/Ubuntu but that ACPI is a bit of a mess in general. Funny enough though, I get most hits on my blog from Google Search about ... problems with WoL :-) so it is a legitimate concern.<BR/><BR/>I sometimes feel that the Linux Community doesn't pull together on these issues, speak as one voice. I know we are only a small % of overall users, but there must still be millions out there. I cannot imagine these users cannot lean on those manufactures to get things done. But Linux users rather fiddle around on their own, posting "cool" solutions to these problems that should even be problems. Maybe time for another rant eh :-)<BR/><BR/>Thanks again of the nice words. I feel like I should give you a price for first comment, maybe a free link on my 700 billion dollar home page (www.700billiondollarhomepage.com) :-)<BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/>Mark.mvilrokxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03431113916982001978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6084975437134318392.post-12279029489542908052008-11-26T00:39:00.000-08:002008-11-26T00:39:00.000-08:00I think that this is more a case of chicken and egg - which comes first? I'll explain: Mainboard manufacturers are lazy. They don't write good ACPI implementations for the BIOS of their mainboard, they tend to cater to the masses - ie Windows users - and write cludges that works for Windows. "Linux? wot's that?" Therefore the poor Linux kernel hackers can try until they're blue to match ACPI properly, it won't do any good - what they would really need is documentation from each manufacturer of each mainboard - and that would only prove what idiots they are, so they won't supply that! But times are a-changing and hardware manufacturers are waking up to the fact that their gear needs Linux drivers - just take a look at Brother's Linux support now! Some mainboard manufacturers also supply Linux with the mainboard, eg ASUS.<BR/><BR/>All-in-all I have found that I need to do research before buying hardware:- will it work with my OS of choice? Windows users will have to do the same too, with Vista and soon 7 changing the landscape.<BR/><BR/>Good blog, BTW, nice writing style. Keep at it :-DCombatWombathttp://combatwombat.7doves.comnoreply@blogger.com