[mythtv-users] Hauppauge HD-PVR will not initially support Linux

jedi jedi at mishnet.org
Tue Apr 8 18:38:52 UTC 2008


On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 10:56:26AM -0400, ryan patterson wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 10:42 AM, Mark Hutchinson <mark at onnow.net> wrote:
> 
> > David George wrote:
> > > I just received the following from Hauppauge on my query about Linux
> > > support:
> > >
> > > "Linux drivers will not be available for this product at the time of
> > > it's release.
> > > All Linux support for Hauppauge hardware is 3rd party, so in time, there
> > > likely will be a Linux driver available from the Linux community like
> > most
> > > of the other Hauppauge products, but nothing in the short term."
> > >
> > >
> > That is quite unfortunate.  Perhaps is Hauppauge understood how many
> > addition units it would sell if they included Linux support.  Perhaps
> > they are not concerned about that.
> >
> 
> No, I'd say Hauppauge knows that the Linux community will provide drivers.
> So why should Hauppauge spend time/money making linux drivers themselves.
> Furthermore Hauppauge knows that 3rd party linux drivers will be more
> stable, robust, well maintained, and documented then any driver Hauppauge
> has ever produced internally.

    This recent response is just a bit on the un-diplomatic side and is
contrary to some of the responses that the rest of us have gotten. It
might also matter who you ask. The phone drones or their equivalent may
be prone to give uncompelling answers to everyone. 


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