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bySlashbotAgent ( 6477336 ) writes:
What does it mean when four articles(blogs) post glowing reviews of an OS that you've never ever heard of, despite having been neck deep in Linux for decades?
It means that CachyOS is spamming the fuck out of the blogs in an attempt at guerrilla marketing.
ll I can say is, stop trying to make CashyOS happen. It's not going to happen.
P.S. That shit looks like Windows XP, the Fisher Price OS FFS.
byAmiMoJo ( 196126 ) writes:
Even the blog posts admit it was a shit show. WiFi didn't work, had to jump through some hoops to get there. Their obscure distro will eventually be abandoned and they will have to do yet another wipe and reinstall.
Linux is fine if you are a tinkerer, or if you have some specific non-destop use for it. Otherwise, people who do real work use Windows. It sucks, but it's the truth, because Windows actually works and they don't waste half their time trying to fix whatever distro they chose.
byRightwingNutjob ( 1302813 ) writes:
I've got a pair Ubuntu laptops at home, a mix of Debian and paid-for redhat at work, and I have never experienced this alleged driver shitshow in 20 years. Even back in the 2000s when I was using gentoo my stuff still worked and it was average consumer machines, not crazy custom builds.
I've seen more windows boxes fubared up with missing drivers than I have Linux boxes.
byComputershack ( 1143409 ) writes:
I've got a pair Ubuntu laptops at home, a mix of Debian and paid-for redhat at work, and I have never experienced this alleged driver shitshow in 20 years.
Bullshit Broadcom wifi anyone?
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byArmoredDragon ( 3450605 ) writes:
It is within reason that you could avoid driver issues by researching the hardware before you purchase. Though at this point you're less consumer so much a you are acting in a professional capacity, and you do that because you have a very specific need that isn't exactly off-the-shelf.
byBert64 ( 520050 ) writes:
Many manufacturers don't specify or guarantee what chipset various components will have, only the standards they supposedly support..
This means you can buy two laptops with the exact same model number, and they will come with completely different components for various things - different memory, different ssd, different ethernet or wireless chipset etc. This can not only mean the difference between a wireless chipset that works with linux and one that doesnt, but you can also have significantly different pe
byArmoredDragon ( 3450605 ) writes:
If you're going to buy a pre-built system, then that should be part of your research. It's not at all uncommon for customers to ask for exactly this, especially business customers.
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