I have had to spend so much more time thinking about drivers on Windows than on Linux it's not even funny
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And what are Nvidia users supposed to do?
I'm starting to wonder if this is a meme or if people are actually having problems.
Less about problems and more about performance/features in games. How much of a hassle is it to get dlss, ray tracing etc running? How's the performance impact from not properly supported drivers.
They're supposed to buy an AMD card, obviously. /s
I wish AMD had a competitive 4090 alternative
I don't know how Linux users are using Windows but whenever I see comments like these I'm surprised they aren't using OSX or a tablet instead of a computer by now because they clearly don't know what they're doing...
You clearly have never tried flashing a microcontroller from a windows host. Have to scour the internet for some random ass driver to install.
No such thing in Linux.
Or you might never have tried using some random Ethernet usb adapter where windows doesn’t quite know what to do, if it doesn’t have an alternative connection to try and automatically download the drivers (not always finding them)
Or using any legacy hardware such as the playstation eyetoy camera, a usb keyboard with a built in piano keyboard, some old random TV tuner card
Then there's the hardware which windows only ever had 32bit drivers for, meaning even if you find the drivers on some obscure dodgy site they'll never work.
Then there's the whole bs of windows not allowing unsigned drivers.
None of these issues on Linux
Maybe because that's a non issue for 99.9%+ of the population?
How do you recognize a Linux user?
You don't. They'll tell you at the first opportunity.
I am a vegan, Linux, unsexual. Thanks for asking.
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.
What kind of weird or shitty NIC you're using that needs a specific driver for Windows?
Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 Gen 8 Notebook comes with a MEDIATEK MT7922. Windows 11 does not want to install unless you circumvent the requirement for Internet or supply it with a manually downloaded driver.
Linux? Just works.
I have to admit I use mostly Ubuntu and Mint;
the only drivers I had to install (successfully) were ethernet and wifi drivers on laptops. (luckily bluetooth and usb-tethering always works.
The only driver I never managed to install is the fingerprint reader. But who can expect that a Dell Laptop for 5k€ that is sold by dell with a linux-option has linux drivers for all of the hardware...
bag pack? its backpack, no?
Thx, corrected.
You can do that? 😮
Yes you can!
Thankfully Garuda takes care of all of this because I'm a moron. Would recommend for noobs.
Thx, will look into it.
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.
Never had any problems, just avoid the biggest GPU manufacturer? It's Nvidia's fault to supply shit drivers for Linux, but statements like this highlight how far away we are from "the year of the Linux desktop".