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Unless you have very specialized needs, the driver experience on Windows is "turn the machine on". The driver update experience is "connect to the internet" an
by Arainach 8mo ago
Unless you have very specialized needs, the driver experience on Windows is "turn the machine on". The driver update experience is "connect to the internet" and occasionally "reboot". That's it.
Linux is significantly easier than it was 20 years ago but still not as easy in general.
- pvdebbe 7mo agoTell me what happens if you run a Windows machine for say 12 months and decide to switch the GPU from NVIDIA to AMD (or vice versa)? Yeah. In linux it tends to be a nonissue.
- Arainach 7mo agoWhen is the last time you used Windows? XP? It hasn't been an issue for decades. Graphics drivers moved out of kernel space in Windows Vista.
- Certhas 7mo agoThat's true if you buy a Laptop with all drivers preinstalled. But it's absolutely not true if you install on a machine you built yourself.
- Arainach 7mo agoI've been building machines myself for nearly 30 years, including multiple in the last 5, and I assure you I've needed to do nothing besides connect to the internet and let it get updates each time.