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[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Huh, my experience is the exact opposite. On Linux there was zero hunting for drivers of any kind. At all. They were all just included in the Linux kernel. Out of the box drivers for everything I had.

On windows it was: ok first I need my motherboard chipset driver, now I need my WiFi driver, and now my graphics driver, now the driver for this microphone, and finally the driver for this controller.

Each of which I had to search online for the right website, download an installer, run an installer, and delete the installer afterwards.

To me, that was a much more clunky experience.