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I hope that I never see the "Have disk" button again. The Linux way of distributing hardware drivers is so much easier. As for usage, linux on the desktop is b
by resplin 6y ago
I hope that I never see the "Have disk" button again. The Linux way of distributing hardware drivers is so much easier.
As for usage, linux on the desktop is between .5% and 2% market share. And there reason to suspect that Linux usage is undercounted.
https://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx https://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share...
https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/ https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/
https://www.statista.com/statistics/268237/global-market-share-held-by-operating-systems-since-2009/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/268237/global-market-sha...
https://hostingtribunal.com/blog/operating-systems-market-share/ https://hostingtribunal.com/blog/operating-systems-market-sh...
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y ago> The Linux way of distributing hardware drivers is so much easier. You mean having to recompile them whenever there's a new kernel because the developers consider a stable driver ABI to be abhorrent?
- coldpie 6y agoI don't think I've ever compiled a driver. So no, I don't think that's what they meant.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y agoOnly because the disto does it for you. If they mean because the driver is distributed from a centralized repository over the internet... that's how it works in Windows too, only Windows also has the option to use alternate media and a stable enough driver ABI to have that make some kind of sense.