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> Linux is great if you win the hardware support lottery. This is fairly easy to do by just not buying the absolute latest hardware. Installing something like
by regexorcist 2mo ago
> Linux is great if you win the hardware support lottery.
This is fairly easy to do by just not buying the absolute latest hardware. Installing something like Fedora in a 8-12 month old laptop I just can't recall last time I had issues.
- 999900000999 2mo agoHow exactly would a new Linux user know this ? What happens when they install Ubuntu and the Wifi doesn't even work ? An experienced Linux user might figure it out. A new user would, very reasonably, assume Linux doesn't work and reinstall Windows.
- fsflover 2mo ago> How exactly would a new Linux user know this ? It's easy: whatever is preinstalled will be guaranteed to work reliably. Worked for me.
- 999900000999 2mo agoSo sticking with Windows because that's what the computer probably shipped with ?
- fsflover 2mo agoNo, buying preinstalled Linux.
- frollogaston 2mo agoI've had plenty of issues on ~2y old hardware too. Does your laptop sleep properly, do the fans scale properly, do wireless chips like Bluetooth and wifi work right, does audio (incl over BT) work, and does it switch between graphics cards if applicable?
- Gigachad 2mo agoTo be fair Windows also can't sleep properly.
- frollogaston 2mo agoYeah that's kinda true, but Linux is worse about it. And Hackintosh is the ultimate in not sleeping. Users of both will still often claim their machine works perfectly, and when you ask about sleep, shrug and say sleep isn't needed.