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> Oh, if only AppImage was widely accepted. Very few developers distribute via AppImage and basically no DEs understand what they are. Not that AppImages need t

> Oh, if only AppImage was widely accepted. Very few developers distribute via AppImage and basically no DEs understand what they are. Not that AppImages need them to, but it'd be nice. To clarify: Not many FOSS developers distribute via AppImage, or not many proprietary software developers distribute via AppImage? Since the former is to be expected, but I'm curious about your experiences with the latter. To be honest, I haven't seen that many AppImages in the wild either, but I'm also not using a lot of proprietary software on my system at the moment. > Incorrect. Windows quite often has a driver available via Windows Update, sans overengineered bullshit control panel. It is usually a bit behind the latest-greatest though. That's good to know. Do you happen to have a document or some other resource explaining the Windows Update graphics driver distribution system? IIUC Windows a) configures some sort of "Windows Basic Display Adapter" on first boot, before b) installing basic IHV-specific drivers via Windows Update. But I understand the IHV drivers installed by Windows Update support all graphics card features, only without the control panel? I always thought there is no alternative to the separately installed IHV graphics driver, especially if you need OpenGL/Vulkan/CUDA/etc. support. But if Windows manages to provide that functionality automatically through Windows Update, that sounds like a good alternative.

Firehawke 5y ago
They're pushing very hard to have the actual standard manufacturer drivers available via Windows Update, and shipping the control panel as an optional download via the Windows Store. I had to do a Windows 10 reinstall recently after I broke something severe in the networking stack (entirely on me, I was playing with something I knew I shouldn't have been playing with) and I had the NV 2060 drivers back on my machine pretty much immediately as part of the update installation chain. I just had to go back into the Windows Store to redownload the control panel since it's a hybrid video laptop and I wanted more control over settings.

Firehawke 5y ago

They're pushing very hard to have the actual standard manufacturer drivers available via Windows Update, and shipping the control panel as an optional download via the Windows Store. I had to do a Windows 10 reinstall recently after I broke something severe in the networking stack (entirely on me, I was playing with something I knew I shouldn't have been playing with) and I had the NV 2060 drivers back on my machine pretty much immediately as part of the update installation chain. I just had to go back into the Windows Store to redownload the control panel since it's a hybrid video laptop and I wanted more control over settings.