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I've been using linux exclusively for about 10 years and I can sympathize with your experiences. However, in the last three years I've installed linux on two l
by khill 18y ago
I've been using linux exclusively for about 10 years and I can sympathize with your experiences.
However, in the last three years I've installed linux on two laptops for work - a Dell Inspiron at my previous job and a Lenovo T60 at my current job. In both cases, installation was flawless, hardware was autodetected correctly, and everything "Just Worked". That includes OpenGL, audio, and wireless. For reference, I'm using Ubuntu.
In the last couple of years, linux installations have become much, much better in this respect. I'm sure that people running bleeding edge hardware or using certain components still struggle to make it work with linux. However, the need to compile drivers and fix issues caused by updates is no longer a guarantee when runnig linux.
- lally_singh 18y agoFrankly I buy macs b/c they're vendor-supported unix boxes. Outside of my personal gripes with Mach-O, it's a pretty good unix.
- cypress-hill 18y agowho the hell needs the "vendor"? i can get better unbiased advice out of online forums. even after going to freebsd i continued to use ubuntuforums, because the advice tended to be great. the arch wiki also rules. i would rather use a forum or irc then call some dipshit on the "vendor" support line. all i want from a hardware vendor is a sane warranty. otherwise they can keep their worthless phone monkeys
- axod 18y agoThe reason is that Apple guarantee that OS X, will work with their hardware. If it doesn't, they better fix it quick, or risk the wrath of everyone. With Linux, you might have some unsupported hardware, and that's that. Your choice is either to write drivers yourself, wait until someone else does, or buy different hardware.