☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 month agoLenovo Cuts the Windows Tax and offers Cheaper Laptops with Linux Pre-installednews.itsfoss.comexternal-linkmessage-square34linkfedilinkarrow-up1260arrow-down13cross-posted to: linux@programming.dev
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minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month 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-squareThe Menemen@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoOn a notebook it still can be troublesome. I know from very recent Asus TUF experience…
minus-squarepmk@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month 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.
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.
On a notebook it still can be troublesome. I know from very recent Asus TUF experience…
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.