Have you used Linux in the past ten years?
I think Linux and Windows are kind of level on this nowadays. Most of the time it just automatically works but then it's a headache when something doesn't.
And one oft them has helpful manuals, forums and possibly a wiki that can help.
Other than some specialized hardware, Nvidia GPUs are the one big issue.
Can't hear you over the sound of my gpu fans spinning at mach 3 to cool my nvidia gpu running the Silent Hill 2 remake on linux with wayland. I use arch btw.
This is the single issue that has kept me away from Linux for the past 15 or so years. I always get to the “install GPU drivers” step, completely fuck it up somehow, read things online for a few hours, get frustrated, and return to Windows/macOS until I try the experiment again in another 3-5 years. I’m about due to give it another shot.
Yes, on my laptop, wifi wasn't working.
Trackpad didn't worked out of the box.
On 2 different desktop, IPv6 DHCP wasn't working on both debian and centos.I'm currently dealing with a regression on my laptop introduced a few months ago in a recent kernel update, where closing the lid kills the keyboard until you reboot.
I've had Ubuntu and the graphics, Wi-Fi, and resume from sleep drivers have all been sticking points
Cycling these days has gotten much easier. You can even sleep in and skip breakfast; once out on your ride you can get food from the universal cereal bus.
Hi dad!
Hi Susie! 🥰 Your mom also says hi and reminds you not to RAM any drivers on your pizza run or your stack might overflow.
Did you get the linter we sent for your birthday? Auntie Linu says you can use it when you compile your route to spot red flags.
The only time I ever have to even think about drivers is when I'm cursed with something from work that has to be written for, or done in Windows. Drivers on Linux are great if you don't need something like an obscure piece of hardware, and even then, your odds are probably better than on Windows. .
I see you've cracked all that Lemmy loves
This is totally wrong for most users I think. On Windows I had to worry about drivers. On Linux I never think about it. They just come with kernel updates and I never have to put any thought into it.
HP does not even have a driver for my printer on their website anymore and it's not just working ootb either. On windows that is. Of course it just works on linux.
I haven’t had a single driver issue in 10 years If anything I have had less. Linux currently has exactly two problems:
- Compatibility.
- distribution fragmentation.
buses are, unfortunately, horribly inefficient commuting vehicles, they take up almost as much space as three cars and yet only can fit one driver.
Ehm... I'm a debian unstable user since 2012 and i have never had a driver issue... am I doing somwthing wrong?
Are you using nvidia or broadcom? Cause Mint 22 hates my Intel Wi-Fi card.
I may have been lucky.
My video cards where pretty old for the time in which i used them: Ge 2 Mx400, intel family HD 2500, Rx 570 and now Rx 6750 xt and vega 8 (I think).
Wifi cards, i really dont remember cause i have never experienced visible or obvious problems. I'll check and update later.
With my bluetooth i had an odd experience cause i never got it to run even on windows (first laptop) but eventually started working on linux after a debian clean installation +5 years later. Had some problems with a bluetooth dongle that pretty much solved themselves once i got the proper kernel update.
I'm an arch user.
*btw.
*Bikes trikes and wheelies
NixOS is cooler.
what gpu do you use? have you never struggled with any drivers or their updates?
Ah, sorry, I am not actually an arch Linux user - there's a meme on lemmy about how arch users can't shut up about being arch users.
This meme is 15 years late.
So you're saying it fits right in on Lemmy
Me a few yeas back: cycling in the evening on the highway in black clothes while its raining. In hindsight, I'm shocked the only time I've got a concussion was while riding in the forest of all places.
Literally was a school bus driver for a few months. Quit because it was too stressful dealing with all them kids at the same time as driving a big ass vehicle. Still got a Class A and can legally drive pretty much anything on wheels that isn't carrying chemical or biological hazards, if any trucking companies paid well enough.
Linux users who haven't had a driver issue have simply gotten lucky but they confuse this result with technical skill. Sometimes your hardware works fine, sometimes it isn't supported. Unless you're writing the drivers yourself you didn't fix the problem you merely avoided it by happenstance.
not skill issue tbh
Today we are all biracial.
Since everyone’s posting their anecdotes:
I tried out Bazzite, a distro intended for gaming. Much of it was great, but often after coming back from sleep mode, the whole desktop would be suffering from graphical corruption; something I’d largely chalk up to bad drivers.
And, somewhat ironically, I’m also a cyclist, who needs to plan out winter trips when it’s often going to be dark and people are drunk.
Could add a third arm for motorcycle riders!
And a fourth for shit-quality screw heads
What? It's hard to hear anything with all that noise.
