this post was submitted on 02 Sep 2023
80 points (95.5% liked)

Memes

45399 readers
769 users here now

Rules:

  1. Be civil and nice.
  2. Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
80
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by EherVielleicht@feddit.de to c/memes@lemmy.ml
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] jabjoe@feddit.uk 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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?

[โ€“] Crass_Spektakel@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I once needed the driver to use "Floppy Streamers" under Linux. That is plain impossible with Windows. For Linux it just meant to recompile the kernel-module each time you updated the kernel which basically was "make && make install". Then at accessing /dev/qic-nst0 I had a Floppy Streamer.

Yes, sometimes you need drivers under Linux. But it is VERY rare.