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They don’t need a tutorial for most devices, Windows doesn’t work as well out of box either and has tons of hacks to make it run better, so it’s not harder comp
by GhettoComputers 5y ago
They don’t need a tutorial for most devices, Windows doesn’t work as well out of box either and has tons of hacks to make it run better, so it’s not harder compared to the norm, it’s actually easier.
Besides it’s desktop Linux, it wasn’t “just works” for a long time but it’s that way if you do light research on a supported device, then everything works out of box. Linux is designed to support as much hardware as possible so what’s the purpose of buying more expensive hardware with less features if better hardware exists?
You don’t need a tutorial, mostly if not all everything out of box works on Linux for every laptop and desktop I used (I don’t buy hardware newer than a few years for price and compatibility reasons) and setup is easier since there’s (almost) no drivers (fuck you Nvidia). It’s just a meta key with a different logo if it bothers you just put a sticker over it. I’d never complain about extra keys or an extra sensor (that can be supported later) and I’m not sure why it’s a problem in the first place. The tutorial linked was just if you wanted coreboot.
The surface pro 3 I used had everything working out of box with Ubuntu (Gnome was great on touchscreen). It was very clean. I also love OSX, it is just like Linux for the most part except I can use more software and use the same CLI stuff I’d use on Linux. I don’t care to install it over OSX on a MacBook, is there something you find lacking on it?
- lumost 5y agoI've used Linux professionally and as a hobbyist for 10+ years. While I've had forays with chrome OS and osx, I recently found that I both wanted the dev environment of Linux and I required 64GB of ram and an NVidia GPU for the development I was looking to use the machine for. Throwing an additional wrinkle into the mix, the nvidia gpus have made huge strides in mobile power consumption over the last 4 years. Interestingly Linux on the above machine now also has broader gaming support than OSX as well.
- GhettoComputers 5y agoHave you heard of VFIO? It’s able to emulate the GPU through the Windows driver virtually so you’ll have even more gaming support on Linux.