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> Even a plain user can install OS X himself. And then upgrade it himself. And struggle with drivers, too. I bet, OS X still uses them, not magic pixie dust, t
by drdaeman 13y ago
> Even a plain user can install OS X himself. And then upgrade it himself.
And struggle with drivers, too. I bet, OS X still uses them, not magic pixie dust, to work with hardware. So, if you use hardware except for pre-configured one (i.e. one having drivers pre-bundled with OS), you have to figure out what drivers are and where to get them (if they exist).
- coldtea 13y ago>And struggle with drivers, too. I bet, OS X still uses them, not magic pixie dust, to work with hardware. It uses a magic pixie dust system called "GUI installer". Click, next, done. It's not the figuring out "where to get them" that's the hard part -- even my dad knows how to Google for them. It's the installation ease, vs half-finished instructions about "make" and "tar.gz" and configuring.
- icebraining 13y agoYou clearly have no fucking idea what you're talking about. Most drivers in Ubuntu (and other distros) are pre-installed; but even the restricted drivers are completely installed with GUIs. You don't even need to "Google for them", since Linux has had for a long time this thing called "repositories", which come with thousands of software packages, including drivers. A popup appears, you click it, a GUI installer lets you install them with a couple of clicks more. Here's a nice picture for you: https://lh3.ggpht.com/_afk-Egip2qY/TAPrR7PwjKI/AAAAAAAADI8/3coAGHzfWo8/s1600/restricted.JPG https://lh3.ggpht.com/_afk-Egip2qY/TAPrR7PwjKI/AAAAAAAADI8/3...