Comment 578 for bug 1

> But there are many types of user, and is Linux (whichever flavour) right
> for all of them? If all you want to do is connect to the Internet with
> your built-in Ethernet card, surf the web, use email, maybe use bits of
> the Open Office suite, it's fine, robust (as long as your Ethernet card
> is supported). But how do you find that out? The shop won't tell you
> because it doesn't know (unless Linux was included with the system).

I want to point out that https://www.fsf.org/resources/hw
is quite useful. They check that there is public
driver source code available for the hardware they
recomend. When community has the source, the hardware
can be supported even, if the OEM doesn't care about
Linux support.

I checked the site before buying my wireless card and
guess what, no hassle with any restricted or semilegal
stuff.

  --Toni