This is excellent recycling of the cringe original
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Thanks for sharing that, even despite the uncontrollable facepalm that resulted. What's terrible is that despite the fact that this artist is so crazy and racist, his art is actually pretty good.
I have had to spend so much more time thinking about drivers on Windows than on Linux it's not even funny
And what are Nvidia users supposed to do?
I have never had problems with Nvidia drivers on Linux mint detects them and ask if you want to install the official drivers
Meanwhile, Windows in 2023: "oh, you plugged the same flash drive into a different USB port? Better reinstall a new set of drivers!"
"Let me search for a solution
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No solution found"
Has the annoying "search for a solution" window ever found a solution?
2003*
Never had my PC (win10: 2016-2022 and win11: 2023-now) install a driver for a USB stick ever.
Even some external devices are painless.
And I see plenty of PCs in my job.
Edit: Win7 on the other hand...
huh every time I plug my Logitech receiver in a different port I get a notification about a driver installation, fortunately it's almost instant on my new pc but it's still weird that we need that in 2023
So many Lemmy users are going to feel personally attacked seeing this lol
I don't feel attacked just confused
Drivers are included in the Kernel on linux.
Windows on the other hand...... let's just say it can't handle printers very well
If there exists a hell, especially built for IT, it's filled with printers.
How do you recognize a Linux user?
You don't. They'll tell you at the first opportunity.
Go to hp website and download crapware thats gonna search for drivers for you. Make sure to install symantics bullshit, amd catalyst bullshit, hp battery bullshit and other useless crap too.
Meanwhile linux boots to a perfectly running computer first time with no icons in the tray.
“I hate searching for drivers”
???
Of all the Linux nitpicks, you chose the one wrong answer.
Linux is way better with automatically installing drivers than Windows. Unless you’re using Nvidia, it’s literally in the kernel.
Linux has the issue of lacking in enterprise media software like Microsoft Office and Adobe Products. The former of which has long since become a non-issue. Adobe however persists. And some games will never run so long as the devs hold them hostage on anti-proton anticheat varients.
And most people use Nvidia. Don't act like it's a small number.
Lmao. "Unless you're in the majority of PC gamers then it's not a problem" Linux users I swear
Maybe for now, but as soon as more people switch to Windows 11 or Microsoft apps that constantly show you ads and are basically spam / adware themselves, Linux will get more appealing.
Microsoft is unfortunately learning from social media companies. Not only do you PAY for the product, you are also the product, and get your personal info stolen and get served ads even while you pay.
It's getting to the point where I'm seriously eyeballing Mint again, or Kubuntu. And I'm the kind of person that's generally too lazy to even dual boot anymore.
Sorry for the uncalled advice, but you might want to avoid Ubuntu. Canonical (the company behind Ubuntu) is being rather obnoxious pushing for a technology called "snaps" that has a bunch of issues, among them performance.
Mint is fine. In fact I'm distro-hopping from Ubuntu to Mint again.
Am sorry, but what? Who searches for drivers on Linux? I've been a user for decades now and searching is either don't buy shit hardware or just do apt search.
Windows on the other hand is literally looking on support sites to find latest version.
Ah yes, windows where I have to somehow figure out how to install the drivers for my network adapter before I can actually connect to the internet, on top of having to go to a different website for each device that needs a driver to find the correct one, download it and install it.
Vs Linux, where network (and most essential) drivers are baked into the kernel, and all other drivers (for peripherals, etc) can be had via a package manager, where you can often find free and open source solutions. Also, video drivers are automatically installed with the OS (provided you are using a distro with a proper graphical installer for ease of use, cough use Endeavour cough), and automatically updated when the system is updated.
Sounds like you clearly haven't used Windows in over a decade, or even close to two.
I haven't had to install a network driver since Windows XP. Even then it had drivers for most cards built in.
I haven’t tried to use Linux for desktop in a while, probably as long as they haven’t used windows. Because in my mind what they said is 100% backwards.
Seems like both have matured quite a bit
This doesn't happen in windows anymore. Over 95% of all drivers auto install.
How do you even search for drivers in Linux? I thought this was a windows only thing
You need to if your device isn't officially supported. This is pretty common for USB wifi cards.
There's a DB of officially supported cards , and if your card isn't there then you have to look up for a driver.
Usually they're fairly easy to find with just googling.
I've been using Linux for almost 20 years, and I can't remember the last time I had to stress over drivers. Of course, I always check Linux compatibility when I buy hardware.
I've blocked every Linux community I can find and I still can't get away from it
You cant escape the arch btw
I have never even thought about drivers let alone search for them in Linux. Everything just works out of the box.
The only exception was when I wanted to try a different version of an NVIDIA driver. Ironically the one that worked best was the one that came with Ubuntu and was installed by clicking a checkbox to use proprietary drivers over open source
The only driver I have ever needed to download manually was the proprietary Nvidia one, and that too was simply downloadable from Pacman.
Still, 7/10 meme for effort
But… carefully skimming through pages of drivers was the best part of installing older versions of Windows.
What on earth are you guys doing having to search the internet for drivers for Linux??? You not buy things that have Linux support advertised? Not looking for good reviews by other Linux users?
I love Foss and Linux, but to be honest I recently switched back to Windows 10 from Ubuntu and some other distros, cuz gaming issue and some hardware issue and nvidia issue. Linux needs lots and lots of improvements.
Never once had a driver issue on Mint. Literally did an entire rebuild (mobo, cpu, gpu, the works). Switched it on, everything worked perfectly, no OS reinstall or driver hunting.
Any issues I’ve heard about, the main culprit is nvidia cause of proprietary crap. Move to AMD graphics and it’s literally plug and play.
Linux gas drivers in kernel, i have hardware that gas no need of anything else
F*** me, I was just setting up the Windows drivers on my old laptop to give away and it took hours of downloading proprietary freeware that kept installing random programs. It's 100x easier on Linux or MacOS
Based dad!
Edit: daughter bad!!