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Windows compatibility is insane! (lemmy.ml)
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[–] Jumuta 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

how about this driver for an obscure 20yo laptop's touchpad?

already installed

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Had this exact scenario with an old flatbed scanner. No win10 drivers and it never had mac drivers. Ran without issue in up to date Mint.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Actually once recently I had problems because the wifi driver (b43) for the Dell Latitude D505 (2004) wasn't in the live Boot environment (cause un-free).

[–] Jumuta 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

huh. Did you end up using a ethernet cable then?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I used my phone to provide internet over usb (rndis).