☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days agoLenovo Cuts the Windows Tax and offers Cheaper Laptops with Linux Pre-installednews.itsfoss.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1217arrow-down13cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldlinux@sh.itjust.workslinux@programming.dev
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minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoUsually enabling Ubuntu’s third party / proprietary repo covers all necessary drivers. I remember having lots of driver issues on fedora but that was like two decades ago. I’d imagine they have that sorted now. Anyway this is good news. Grow the user base.
minus-squarepmk@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoI like the debian way with a separate repo for the non-free things needed for the hardware to function, so it’s not all or nothing. I want my wifi to work, but beyond things like that I only want free software.
minus-squareThe Menemen@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 hours agoOn a notebook it still can be troublesome. I know from very recent Asus TUF experience…
Usually enabling Ubuntu’s third party / proprietary repo covers all necessary drivers.
I remember having lots of driver issues on fedora but that was like two decades ago. I’d imagine they have that sorted now.
Anyway this is good news. Grow the user base.
I like the debian way with a separate repo for the non-free things needed for the hardware to function, so it’s not all or nothing. I want my wifi to work, but beyond things like that I only want free software.
On a notebook it still can be troublesome. I know from very recent Asus TUF experience…