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I have. Many times. Every time I end up debugging suspend/resume, graphic drivers, multiple monitor, etc. I spend enough time changing config files for my job,

I have. Many times. Every time I end up debugging suspend/resume, graphic drivers, multiple monitor, etc. I spend enough time changing config files for my job, I’m not spending my own time doing it just to get basic functionality working for workstations.

Aeolun 6y ago
I think it’s fairly simple to avoid this by buying hardware that is proven to be effective with the OS. E.g. buy a machine with *buntu preinstalled. Same as with mac really.
- brnt 6y ago
  Even so, I install Ubuntu on a wide range of machines, laptops included, and I can't recall having any hardware related issues since, oh, 2005 or so? Parent must be very unlucky, or in fact not realise it is their tweaking and tuning that causes issues.
  - barrenko 6y ago
    True, installing Ubuntu is probably simpler than installing Windows, it doesn't ask you a million privacy shirking questions.
    - 6510 6y ago
      Lets call this user-friendly.
  - aembleton 6y ago
    Agreed apart from fingerprint scanners on laptops.
    - anonymousse1234 6y ago
      And LTE modems. And sleep and suspend. Oh there is also this bug with screen locking that shows your desktop for few seconds. Oh and with dual graphic chipsets too.
      - jimktrains2 6y ago
        > Oh there is also this bug with screen locking that shows your desktop for few seconds. I definitely encountered this on my mac work laptop from three years ago. (Left that job and have been Linux-based since then.)
  - coldtea 6y ago
    Could also be selective memory. "I can't recall having any hardware related issues since, oh, 2005 or so" --> oh, that issue? Yes, of course I had that, everybody has that, that's par for the course...
    - rsanheim 6y ago
      The last time I attempted was 2017/18. Pretty plain clone PC desktop - MSI motherboard, ryzen 1600, AMD Radeon 580, etc. I bought a couple a different WiFi dongles to make sure the chipset was supported. Yet the problems remained. Maybe when people say they had lots of problems and it wasn’t worth their time, take them at their word ?
    - brnt 6y ago
      In which case we can remark Windows and macOS are not without problems either. I do remember having hardware support issues with those this decade.
joana035 6y ago
I'm happy GNU/Linux user for many years and I don't remember when was the last time I had to do those kind of things. Choose a mature/stable distro and that is it. Be prepared to trade a bit of convenience for privacy in case of weird/non-free hardware/firmware.

Aeolun 6y ago

I think it’s fairly simple to avoid this by buying hardware that is proven to be effective with the OS. E.g. buy a machine with *buntu preinstalled. Same as with mac really.

brnt 6y ago
Even so, I install Ubuntu on a wide range of machines, laptops included, and I can't recall having any hardware related issues since, oh, 2005 or so? Parent must be very unlucky, or in fact not realise it is their tweaking and tuning that causes issues.
- barrenko 6y ago
  True, installing Ubuntu is probably simpler than installing Windows, it doesn't ask you a million privacy shirking questions.
  - 6510 6y ago
    Lets call this user-friendly.
- aembleton 6y ago
  Agreed apart from fingerprint scanners on laptops.
  - anonymousse1234 6y ago
    And LTE modems. And sleep and suspend. Oh there is also this bug with screen locking that shows your desktop for few seconds. Oh and with dual graphic chipsets too.
    - jimktrains2 6y ago
      > Oh there is also this bug with screen locking that shows your desktop for few seconds. I definitely encountered this on my mac work laptop from three years ago. (Left that job and have been Linux-based since then.)
- coldtea 6y ago
  Could also be selective memory. "I can't recall having any hardware related issues since, oh, 2005 or so" --> oh, that issue? Yes, of course I had that, everybody has that, that's par for the course...
  - rsanheim 6y ago
    The last time I attempted was 2017/18. Pretty plain clone PC desktop - MSI motherboard, ryzen 1600, AMD Radeon 580, etc. I bought a couple a different WiFi dongles to make sure the chipset was supported. Yet the problems remained. Maybe when people say they had lots of problems and it wasn’t worth their time, take them at their word ?
  - brnt 6y ago
    In which case we can remark Windows and macOS are not without problems either. I do remember having hardware support issues with those this decade.

joana035 6y ago

I'm happy GNU/Linux user for many years and I don't remember when was the last time I had to do those kind of things. Choose a mature/stable distro and that is it. Be prepared to trade a bit of convenience for privacy in case of weird/non-free hardware/firmware.