And what if the manufacture doesn't provide drivers for that OS
CasePoint: Latest Dell laptops ONLY provide Bluetooth drivers for Vista. Work machines need to be installed with XP (for the likes of DOOR's, some proprietary software for X)...
YET the bluetooth worked flawlessly from installing Ubuntu via Wubi.
Sometimes it isn't as simple as you think... For ANY OS
and the whole double standards that windows users throw is what pisses ppl off. If a linux user questions a Linux FUD or mentions something windows doesn't do they get labelled a troll (I am surpised it hasn't happened in this thread yet).
My HP printer was a bitch to setup on my lasses Vista machine, a 100meg d/l for hte XP drivers and stupid installer to get working YET 2min to install and setup for my Gentoo system and about the same for my lasses Ubuntu setup
When an OS works it is great, when issues arise it is a pig no matter what system
Now look who's spreading FUD. HP always offer 100+ mb software package and a couple megs driver-only download for just about every printer in existence.
You don't HAVE to get the 100mb version for Windows.