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If you have hardware that has linux support then everything should work at install time or after install. Ubuntu also has a dedicated program to show you the av

If you have hardware that has linux support then everything should work at install time or after install. Ubuntu also has a dedicated program to show you the available proprietary drivers you might want to use. Unless you your hardware is so new that it requires the very latest kernel then you should be golden.

pjmlp 3y ago
Thanks for the typical Linux forum reply, not even mentioning that I have Linux experience since 1995 was enough to avoid it.
- Almondsetat 3y ago
  Avoiding providing details is what gets you the standard Linux forum reply. Generic complaints foster generic replies
  - pjmlp 3y ago
    This is going the Slashdot way, thanks for bringing up some nostalgia back.
    - olddustytrail 3y ago
      Yeah, by now we all know about your personal issues with Linus, we don't need to hear it on every single thread.
      - pjmlp 3y ago
        Like the personal issues Linux fanboys have with Microsoft, Apple and Google? Threads are written not spoken, if you don't want to read them press PgDn.
        olddustytrail 3y ago
        [flagged]
        pjmlp 3y ago
        I use the vocabulary that people in the school playground are able to understand, after all nowadays it is all about inclusion.
      - nuancebydefault 3y ago
        Linus or Linux?
louthy 3y ago
> If you have hardware that has linux support then everything should work at install time or after install. So, if you buy something that works, it will work, and if you buy something that doesn't work, it won't. Wow, what insight. It really does boggle the mind why people don't just buy things that work. Am I right!?!
- Almondsetat 3y ago
  If you have hardware that is not supported no amount of complaining or forum searching will help. So either you just like to complain about unfixable things or you are unaware that once you discover your hardware is not supported you should stop wasting time on forums and go back to your working Windows environment
  - bongodongobob 3y ago
    The issue is that discovering whether or not it is incompatible is unclear. It's never "this doesn't work on Linux". It's "This SMBus driver is only supported by version 10.1 of arcane library. It will work but first you have to swap out this shim for another one and configure dpkg to never upgrade it. However, this requires that your kernel needs to be compiled with flags foo, bar, and baz. Oh btw, your CPU doesn't support those instructions lol." I'm being hyperbolic, but it's usually that after some banging your head against the wall you find that, yeah, it could work, but I'm not compiling custom shit to get my function key light working.
nuancebydefault 3y ago
The thing is, usually you just have hardware (a given) and want to (re) install an os on it that works. Each time i installed a Linux on a machine there were some issues like for example hibernate not working, my usb drive not working when connecting to a hub, the boot manager not showing, the laptop keyboard not working, etc.

pjmlp 3y ago

Thanks for the typical Linux forum reply, not even mentioning that I have Linux experience since 1995 was enough to avoid it.

Almondsetat 3y ago
Avoiding providing details is what gets you the standard Linux forum reply. Generic complaints foster generic replies
- pjmlp 3y ago
  This is going the Slashdot way, thanks for bringing up some nostalgia back.
  - olddustytrail 3y ago
    Yeah, by now we all know about your personal issues with Linus, we don't need to hear it on every single thread.
    - pjmlp 3y ago
      Like the personal issues Linux fanboys have with Microsoft, Apple and Google? Threads are written not spoken, if you don't want to read them press PgDn.
      - olddustytrail 3y ago
        [flagged]
        pjmlp 3y ago
        I use the vocabulary that people in the school playground are able to understand, after all nowadays it is all about inclusion.
    - nuancebydefault 3y ago
      Linus or Linux?

louthy 3y ago

> If you have hardware that has linux support then everything should work at install time or after install. So, if you buy something that works, it will work, and if you buy something that doesn't work, it won't. Wow, what insight. It really does boggle the mind why people don't just buy things that work. Am I right!?!

Almondsetat 3y ago
If you have hardware that is not supported no amount of complaining or forum searching will help. So either you just like to complain about unfixable things or you are unaware that once you discover your hardware is not supported you should stop wasting time on forums and go back to your working Windows environment
- bongodongobob 3y ago
  The issue is that discovering whether or not it is incompatible is unclear. It's never "this doesn't work on Linux". It's "This SMBus driver is only supported by version 10.1 of arcane library. It will work but first you have to swap out this shim for another one and configure dpkg to never upgrade it. However, this requires that your kernel needs to be compiled with flags foo, bar, and baz. Oh btw, your CPU doesn't support those instructions lol." I'm being hyperbolic, but it's usually that after some banging your head against the wall you find that, yeah, it could work, but I'm not compiling custom shit to get my function key light working.

nuancebydefault 3y ago

The thing is, usually you just have hardware (a given) and want to (re) install an os on it that works. Each time i installed a Linux on a machine there were some issues like for example hibernate not working, my usb drive not working when connecting to a hub, the boot manager not showing, the laptop keyboard not working, etc.