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Why this thread has been moved to the Coffee lounge ? I'm not sure it will help a lot of people here......
  1. 03-18-2011 #11
    gabrielh
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    Why this thread has been moved to the Coffee lounge ? I'm not sure it will help a lot of people here...
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  2. 03-18-2011 #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by gabrielh View Post
    I'm not sure it will help a lot of people here...
    Hello... the topic of proper forum placement for HowTo articles is currently under discussion in the admin forum, so we'll place your thread accordingly at the end of that discussion.
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    → new members/users: read this first | new member faq
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    → please use the "report post" button to alert our forum admins to problematic posts rather than responding to them yourself.
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  3. 03-20-2011 #13
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    First of all, USB3.0 is no where close to 'bleeding edge' considering how the technology is at least 2 years old today. There is only one REAL bleeding edge interface today, and that is Intel's Light Peak.

    Secondly, USB3.0 is supposed to be backwards compatible with USB2.0 at both the hardware and the OS level without the need for any user intervention. If you install a USB3.0 PCI card an old OS such as Vista without installing the bundled drivers in the hardware box, Windows automatically detects the hardware and sends a signal to the ports to throttle the transfer speeds to that of USB2.0, so that you get reduced transfer speeds, but with the convenience of having the hardware working right out of the box. Easy peasy, no user-related issues or hoops to jump through.

    So why is it that an 'open standard' such as USB3.0 running on a version of the Linux kernel as recent as that found in Debian 6.0 requires so much hassle just to get it to simply 'work'? Sounds like Linux is nowhere near the likes of Windows in supporting open standards as it claims to be.
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