Andy Young, an ex-Microsoft senior software engineer, posted a message on X/Twitter bemoaning that even with his $1,600 Core i9 CPU and 128 GB of RAM, Windows...
This is the biggest problem with Linux IMO. If drivers could be universally fixed on Linux to be as easy as or easier than windows and Mac then the competition would have no chance. I can deal with other issues., I can deal with weird glitches, but if I can’t even use my devices that’s kind of a non-starter.
It’s not that I can’t figure out drivers, it’s just I don’t want to spend 5 hours on it.
Fair disclosure, I have been traumatized by NDIS wrappers
This is the biggest problem with Linux IMO. If drivers could be universally fixed on Linux to be as easy as or easier than windows and Mac then the competition would have no chance. I can deal with other issues., I can deal with weird glitches, but if I can’t even use my devices that’s kind of a non-starter.
It’s not that I can’t figure out drivers, it’s just I don’t want to spend 5 hours on it.
Fair disclosure, I have been traumatized by NDIS wrappers
I’m sure you know this, but it is not linux’s fault, it’s your device’s maker who refuses to make their driver available for Linux.