The Linux Wall, Part 1

I really wanted to post a nice entry on configuring your hardware. I mean, from a Windows perspective, it seems that once you've installed the OS, the next sensible step is to set up your gadgets and drivers, right? Unfortunately, there is almost zero useful information on how to do this on the internet. There are some clues, but they are vague enough to confuse Ellis Peters.

So far, it seems to me that in Fedroa 9, device drivers are handled first by UDEV, which is a sort of on-the-fly device manager. The vastly oversimplified version is that UDEV detects devices and installs drivers each time you boot the computer, which is supposed to allow for changes (for example, if your USB hard drive was plugged in last time but isn't this time, UDEV is supposed to figure that out).

But just like in Windows, automatic driver installation is sketchy. The drivers may be installed improperly, or the wrong driver may be used, or it may not be installed at all.

There is a glimmer of hope that UDEV can be configured manually, but I haven't found anything that specifically address how to do this in plain language. It will be my goal to do it myself, if I ever figure it out. So watch this space. Or, if you know a place to get this information, post a comment!