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    It's OK if you cry (infosec.pub)
    submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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    [–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    I've never had an issue with any drivers on Linux, everything I use just works. Even some old obscure drawing tablet from 2005 that said it required you to install its driver worked instantly.

    [–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    This is true today. Had you tried that back in 2005, you'd very likely be fiddling with drivers. I specifically remember making a disk that contained all the drivers I'd need if I had to reinstall for any reason. Without it and without a network, you'd have to have another computer available to grab drivers from the internet.

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    You had to do this with windows in 2005 too... In fact I've had to use a different computer to download drivers as recently as 2017 for a Windows 10 computer...

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

    Well, yes. I wasn't really intending to make a comparison. I was just explaining the meme. There was a time when getting your wifi/network card going in Linux was somewhat of a hassle for many.

    [–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

    Windows 10 comes with generic drivers for network capabilities preinstalled. It isn't Windows 7 anymore.