On my Job I regularly have to install Windows PCs and sometimes even install the USB Drivers for Mouse and Keyboard to work. Why dont I have to do that on Linux ever? Seems weird not to have them installed on Windows.

  • llii@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    363·
    1 year ago

    I had the experience recently with two wifi usb sticks. Linux: Work out of the box, no hassle. Windows: One was not supported on Win 11 and caused blue screens, the other only works on USB2 port, not on USB3 and it was a real hassle to finde the right drivers.

    That’s why I don’t understand people who say Windows is easier than Linux.

    • teft@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      1 year ago

      Because it hasn’t always been this way. When I was first learning linux you couldn’t guarantee support for any hardware unless you compiled the kernel yourself. Even then you’d run into many problems that would frustrate a non-techy person.

      • Richard@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        1 year ago

        More often than not, it is the companies themselves that commit drivers for their hardware to the Linux kernel

    • CaptainBasculin@lemmy.mlEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      My experience with my usb wifi dongle was different. It would work way faster on Windows compared to Linux for some reason until I replugged it some time and ever since it works in similar speeds. I couldnt reproduce what went wrong on the Linux one ever since.