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> * Hardware all works mostly without issue. > * Power management (sleep etc.) works reliably. Man, I don't know. I just got a new HP work laptop at the end o
by vladvasiliu 5y ago
> * Hardware all works mostly without issue.
> * Power management (sleep etc.) works reliably.
Man, I don't know. I just got a new HP work laptop at the end of last year. Some HP "enterprise" model, nothing fancy, which only officially supports Windows. It came preloaded with win 10 pro, even though "HP recommends Windows 11". Whatever. (The pc was manufactured in November 2021, so Win11 was already out).
When I turn it on, my first impression was "damn, that's a dim screen". Even turned all the way up, with auto-dim disabled, it would still be just "meh". I rebooted in the BIOS, and it burned my eyes off.
Install Linux: I get the full brightness. Brightness keys work out of the box, light sensor, sound / mic mute leds light up as needed, Wi-Fi, BT, IR camera, fingerprint reader, everything just works.
I figure I should install a Win 11, just in case (I daily drive Linux, but work for a windows shop). What a freaking shitshow. Mostly nothing works out of the box. No brightness keys, not brightness sensor, no volume keys, the touchpad is barely usable. I have to go through multiple Windows update reboots (on a freshly created Windows install USB stick), and then start going through all the HP drivers, complete with reboots. For some reason, after the updates, the USB Ethernet adapter (from HP) doesn't work reliably anymore. And after all this song and dance, there's some USB controller that has an exclamation mark in device manager, and the webcam isn't detected. "Update the driver" doesn't find anything. There's also some weird lag with the audio LEDs. It has no idea there's an ambient light sensor. And if I tell it to sleep, it'll go to sleep and wake up after a while for no reason ("Wake up for updates" is of course disabled).
> * Settings are almost all GUI-accessible. You rarely have to fiddle on the command line etc.
But you have to fiddle with the registry. I wouldn't say that's that much better. Also, bonus points for whatever settings you do being undone on an update.