This a hundred times. Windows drivers are fine until the day the piece of iron they manage becomes obsolete, which often happens to still modern and perfectly f

This a hundred times. Windows drivers are fine until the day the piece of iron they manage becomes obsolete, which often happens to still modern and perfectly functional hardware. It's not uncommon to see hardware that isn't supported anymore by Windows since years working perfectly under Linux. I should have ditched most of my audio cards ages ago if I didn't use them with Linux.