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Nah, only when wanting to use exotic hardware/software that is not supported by the vendor. The article author wouldn't have had this issue with a wacom.
by prmoustache 3y ago
Nah, only when wanting to use exotic hardware/software that is not supported by the vendor. The article author wouldn't have had this issue with a wacom.
- baz00 3y agoI have those issues with power management and graphics drivers on stock Intel machines. The real problem is the kernel QA is shite and the vendor packaging QA is shite. Microsoft are actually orders of magnitude better and that's saying something.
- prmoustache 3y agoI don't know. My professional laptop on windows decided one day to only discover (or not) randomly the external monitors connected to my usb-c dock (same manufacturer as laptop). If I am booting on windows, every time I boot it is like rolling a dice to know if my screens will show something. Do not happen on Linux on same laptop. So I would say you have rose tinted glasses when using windows or just got lucky with it and unlucky with linux.
- d3w4s9 3y ago"not supported by the vendor" I'd say you probably should think about it the other way -- you only get decent Linux desktop experience if everything is supported by the vendor. Just look up on HN what kind of trouble people run into when installing a Linux distro on their laptop. People go as far as recommending very specific models from certain brands because everything works as expected on those laptops.
- vkazanov 3y agoBut isn't this how things work in Windows and Mac lands? There are vendors that do hardware support. There are not too many linux-based vendors. And linux still works on 80% of unsupported machines. I go for linux dells. Mostly OK. Certainly better than what I had back in darker Windows times.