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[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 years ago

The last panel is wrong. It should read "then stop buying shit hardware!"

Having said that, the last windows upgrade I did for someone - honestly, it was a hardware swap and data copy - also included new printers, webcam (webcam!) and wireless mouse because win10 was like "yeah, fuck you, we hate hardware more than 2 years old and we dropped support, so go get new stuff, Skippy."

So it happens with linux or windows, but for different reasons.

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[-] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 years ago

F*** me, I was just setting up the Windows drivers on my old laptop to give away and it took hours of downloading proprietary freeware that kept installing random programs. It's 100x easier on Linux or MacOS

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[-] thorbot@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

This is the realest thing I’ve ever realed in my whole reality

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[-] gnygnygny@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years ago

There are much more devices and peripherals available for windows.

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[-] Fluid@aussie.zone 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Never once had a driver issue on Mint. Literally did an entire rebuild (mobo, cpu, gpu, the works). Switched it on, everything worked perfectly, no OS reinstall or driver hunting.

Any issues I’ve heard about, the main culprit is nvidia cause of proprietary crap. Move to AMD graphics and it’s literally plug and play.

[-] pufferfischerpulver@feddit.de 12 points 2 years ago

Never had any problems, just avoid the biggest GPU manufacturer? It's Nvidia's fault to supply shit drivers for Linux, but statements like this highlight how far away we are from "the year of the Linux desktop".

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[-] darcy@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago
[-] SirStumps@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

I mean, I still have to make sure my driver's are up to date because Windows doesn't always have the latest version available in WSUS. I honestly would be on Ubuntu right now if I didn't play so many games.

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Most of the drivers should be in the kernel already unless its gpu stuff but I have to do that by hand on Windows too

[-] etler@programming.dev 8 points 2 years ago

I don't remember the last time I needed to look for a driver on Linux

[-] cholesterol@lemmy.wtf 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I can't get over how thin her molars are.

[-] Oszilloraptor@feddit.de 8 points 2 years ago

I have to admit I use mostly Ubuntu and Mint;

the only drivers I had to install (successfully) were ethernet and wifi drivers on laptops. (luckily bluetooth and usb-tethering always works.

The only driver I never managed to install is the fingerprint reader. But who can expect that a Dell Laptop for 5k€ that is sold by dell with a linux-option has linux drivers for all of the hardware...

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