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Linux "sucks". True. For last two weeks I was trying to install a distro, that will work wirh my Broadcom internet adapter, but no success. Also BT did not work
by rawmodz 8y ago
Linux "sucks". True. For last two weeks I was trying to install a distro, that will work wirh my Broadcom internet adapter, but no success. Also BT did not work well. Of course I could get Wifi to work after a heavy and bloody battle, and only at 2.4 Ghz, but then BT stopped working. The point is, that all those are working fine under Windows 10. No hassle. My question is, why there is no Linux distro, that can work just fine out of the box?
I am not a system programmer specialist like 95% of PC users. Millions of people would like to install Linux, but just cant do it, due to lack of knowledge. Average person, just want to download, install and run a system, without thinking of finding lost drvers, kernels, waste time to search internet, to find a solution. I went trough dozens of distros, and could not find one, that would work with my ACEPC T11 mini PC. Windows 10 just do.
- jon-wood 8y agoBroadcom chipsets are notorious under Linux, because its had to be reverse engineered without support from Broadcom. The reason it works out of the box on Windows 10 is because the drivers are fully supported, with Broadcom engineers providing a full implementation of everything - if they did the same for Linux then it would work perfectly there as well.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y agoLinux isn't blameless for this problem, because they religiously enforce that drivers must be open source.