Many people that have switched from Windows to Linux have found it to be a breath of fresh air... unfortunately there are still a few annoyances one runs into with Linux from time to time.Most of these related to hardware devices from clueless manufacturer... that not only don't offer drivers for Linux but also withhold the technical details that would make it easy for some geeks to write drivers (at not cost to the company). Why are these hardware manufacturers so intent on offending Linux users? Compare to say Abobe which offers Linux versions of their popular software!
Now comes a whole series of hardware devices that are especially annoying.. some USB G3/HSDPA modems. Linux seems to support the modem portion of these devices with little problem. WVDIAL with almost any configuration seems to get you online in an instant. There is just one catch!
Read more: Sucky Modem and USB_Modeswitch Annoyances [click]
