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[-] FoolHen@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

That doesn't mean that others don't have to. I installed Debian on a partition and couldn't get the WiFi USB stick to work. The manufacturers drivers couldn't be installed because they were ancient, and installing a generic one for the chip didn't work. Had to give up. In windows it's plug and play.

[-] stiephelando@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 9 hours ago

I had the same experience with an old printer: Linux recognized it directly whereas Windows didn't. I wouldn't say that Linux has a strong disadvantage at these things.

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