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I can't remember the last time I had to fix a driver problem on Linux. My GF, who is not very computer savvy, has been using Mint for years at home and at work
by jqm 12y ago
I can't remember the last time I had to fix a driver problem on Linux.
My GF, who is not very computer savvy, has been using Mint for years at home and at work. Unfortunately, there were no command line configurations needed even once to set it up. What a disappointment. Ah well, I personally use Slackware so I'll get my jollies there I suppose....
Granted, I did have to go by GF's work at one point and install a printer but you know what? I've spent a lot less time there than I used to as her Windows systems (she and an assistant now both use Mint) regularly got virus or gunked up and slowed to a crawl...
Linux on the desktop has actually been much easier and reduced my honeydo workload considerably. Fact.
That aside,
I have to scratch my head and wonder about people who claim to have so many of these types of problems. Tech people too. People who should be eager to embrace and learn powerful command line invocations and the control this learning brings....
- krylon 12y agoI remember, ten years ago I had to compile the kernel module for my sound card manually, because it was not part of the mainline kernel. shrug Since then, my experience with Linux' driver support has been very smooth, as well, any a lot smoother than stuff I've seen on Windows. Getting a printer to work on Windows is incredibly convoluted compared to CUPS.
- x0x0 12y agoscrewing with command line nonsense to make wifi and audio work reliably on my laptop isn't learning, it's technical masturbation. I want to use my computer to do actual work, not make-work. This was within the last 12 months on ubuntu and a lenovo laptop, btw.