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This is talking about ARM devices not x64, so the comparison would be an android tablet having "nearly complete" Windows support. I am not aware of even one cur

This is talking about ARM devices not x64, so the comparison would be an android tablet having "nearly complete" Windows support. I am not aware of even one current gen tablet you could claim that for, but maybe you know of one?

yunohn 3y ago
My original comment was more about the fact that Linux support for almost everything is always /stuck/ at “nearly complete”.
- diffeomorphism 3y ago
  Not really and misunderstanding what is meant for the sake of a pun. For the wording used in the article, your case is usually stuck at "complete" but very unpolished. E.g. all ports, sound, power etc. will work (fingerprint probably not), but sound might not be great, sleep might still use too much power, mic quality is bad,... (source: also using linux for 20 years). For the remaining polish, that is not surprising. That is also usually not the case with windows itself but rather additional work by the manufacturer. E.g. a few years ago I bought some lenovo laptop without windows. Installed a fresh copy of windows and sound, color profiles, mic quality etc. are decidedly unpolished out of the box, unknown devices in the device manager, ... . Spending some time to get all this from lenovo then fixed these issues, but again that was not done by windows. So I would also not have high expectations of polish for windows on chromebooks or "asahi windows".
  - yunohn 3y ago
    I’ve always found modern Lenovo laptops to have a proper Windows integration - you can install a fresh copy of Windows 10/11 and the OS will automatically find and install drivers (and even BIOS) updates via the standard update mechanism. In fact, I only recommend/buy Lenovo laptops for family members now and reinstall stock Windows for them to remove all possible bloatware without losing any hardware support.

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This is talking about ARM devices not x64, so the comparison would be an android tablet having "nearly complete" Windows support. I am not aware of even one cur

by diffeomorphism 3y ago

yunohn 3y ago
My original comment was more about the fact that Linux support for almost everything is always /stuck/ at “nearly complete”.
- diffeomorphism 3y ago
  Not really and misunderstanding what is meant for the sake of a pun. For the wording used in the article, your case is usually stuck at "complete" but very unpolished. E.g. all ports, sound, power etc. will work (fingerprint probably not), but sound might not be great, sleep might still use too much power, mic quality is bad,... (source: also using linux for 20 years). For the remaining polish, that is not surprising. That is also usually not the case with windows itself but rather additional work by the manufacturer. E.g. a few years ago I bought some lenovo laptop without windows. Installed a fresh copy of windows and sound, color profiles, mic quality etc. are decidedly unpolished out of the box, unknown devices in the device manager, ... . Spending some time to get all this from lenovo then fixed these issues, but again that was not done by windows. So I would also not have high expectations of polish for windows on chromebooks or "asahi windows".
  - yunohn 3y ago
    I’ve always found modern Lenovo laptops to have a proper Windows integration - you can install a fresh copy of Windows 10/11 and the OS will automatically find and install drivers (and even BIOS) updates via the standard update mechanism. In fact, I only recommend/buy Lenovo laptops for family members now and reinstall stock Windows for them to remove all possible bloatware without losing any hardware support.