• thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.worldEnglish
    01·
    9 months ago

    Ah yes notoriously flakey hardware support. Like Microsoft doesn’t used it to power their entire cloud platform. The hardware support argument is dying tbh used to be true about 20 years ago

    • BradleyUffner@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      Nope, still true of the last time I tried Linux last year. The sound system stopped working after every reboot, and clicking the distro’s built-in update button completely trashed the system.

      But it doesn’t have an AI button in the corner, so I guess that solves my problem!

        • aStonedSanta@lemm.eeEnglish
          2·
          9 months ago

          Maybe suggest a solution instead of a fucking entire new OS. It’s like the “just move” people.

          • MonkeMischief@lemmy.todayEnglish
            01·
            9 months ago

            I think the problem here is that a majority of the power to change lies in Microsoft’s hands. It’s their OS, and there’s not a whole ton we can do to halt their constant, greedy arrogance.

            So, switching to Linux isn’t the easiest “solve all your problems” solution, but in the long run it simply removes a lot of stress of constantly wondering what stupidity Microsoft is going to force on you next because they “know better” and figuring out how to counter it with some hacky fix. (But also knowing no matter how hard you try, the thing is built to profit off of you.)

            If somehow we could make Windows feel like it was OURS instead of THEIRS again, I’m sure people would be all for it.

        • BradleyUffner@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          9 months ago

          The last time I tested the waters it was with Debian, Mint, and Ubuntu. Each one had some kind of issue on my system that made me give up.

          I usually check in once a year or so to see if things have improved.

          • voodooattack@lemmy.worldEnglish
            01·
            9 months ago

            These are all Debian based. Debian is notorious for using old kernels and spotty hardware support. I had similar issues trying to install Ubuntu on a new-ish PC recently. Fedora worked like a charm though.

            I was tempted to try Nobara since it was a gaming pc but I was discouraged by opinions from the community telling me it was not exactly the best idea.

            Next time I might go for Bluefin though. It’s based on Fedora Silverblue (immutable OS) and I’ve heard great things about it. Apparently also has GPU drivers for NVIDIA baked-in, which I need.