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Why are some people not willing to spend money on these things? Isn't it a good thing to be willing to? HW acceleration, great sleep support, nice trackpad dri
by peheje 5y ago
Why are some people not willing to spend money on these things? Isn't it a good thing to be willing to?
HW acceleration, great sleep support, nice trackpad drivers, good battery life, well integrated high-resolution display support, high res audio (AAC) over Bluetooth or integration to your other devices etc. etc.
Where's the freedom in not even being able to pay/opt-in for these things in your OS?
How is this thought providing freedom for the developers of a complicated driver or another great piece of SW?
- shaan7 5y ago> Why are some people not willing to spend money on these things? Isn't it a good thing to be willing to? From what I understand from other comments on this post, it seems this particular problem can only be perfected by more testing across multiple devices etc - that requires a wider effort that is quite difficult to achieve. For example, I use Linux as my daily driver and I sometimes fix bugs here and there. But, personally for me, this particular one requires so much effort for not-that-revolutionary benefits. More context: I rarely watch long videos on my laptop when on the move. I'd rather fix something that improves my workflow than a bit more of battery life. Sleep, otoh, is very important to me, so I ensure to buy laptops that DO NOT have NVIDIA stuff in them. For Gaming I got my desktop. Result: my XPS 13 and ThinkPad sleep and resume instantly, WiFi, audio etc work fine, including attaching a dock. I guess its really a YMMV thing, which, as the blog points out, doesn't help Linux's popularity.