I have had more trouble with finicky drivers on Windows than linux so far...
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plugging random old USB stuff into a computer:
linux: I guess this looks kind of like a webcam. Here you go, /dev/video0
windows: nooo! what is this?! go search for divers that dont register a hit on virustotal! see you in an hour.
Maybe back with XP. Since 7 windows recognized every single peripheral I plugged in and installed a generic driver. I did swap out a couple of those generic drivers for the specific device on my tablet and digital pen, but everything else was fine.
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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hahaha
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
I don't remember the last time I needed to look for a driver on Linux
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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that's a big lol, Ubuntu has given me tons of driver problems, and it's only gotten worse since 2010. there really needs to be an option to download an extra-bloated ISO with every possible WiFi driver included. if the WiFi doesn't work, how the hell am I supposed to download the driver?? (rhetorical question) not to mention, the loss of easily installable VMware Tools included with VMware Player / Workstation / vCenter makes it way harder to configure VMs. that last bit isn't Linux's fault, it's VMware being stupid, but is absolutely a barrier to testing out new distros
I can't get over how thin her molars are.
I left windows because I didn't want to search for programs anymore sifting through malware ridden exe files.
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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