>Install windows >Windows can't find network drivers

>>55640102
Only /v/ cucks stay with wangblows.

>>55640135
Let's be realistic here. Windows has plenty of software that is only made for it, and it isn't all games.
But the whole thing with Linux having terrible driver support just seems false to me.

>>55640102
>Install Linux
>Nothing works

That was similar to the case for me when I tried linux. I finally found info on the drivers hidden in a forum thread from 2011, which linked to the project page of some taiwanese motherfucker that last touched the code on 2011, probably taken and executed by the chinese government shortly after finishing them.

Anyway, the drivers worked, but only after I disabled secure boot and allowed the kernel to load fucking unsigned drivers.

Then I tried some other pieces of hardware that, to be entirely fair, would not work right out of the box on windows either, but there just wasn't anything for them on linux, other than tears and empty promises.

So yeah, it varies from device to device.

> I'm going to post bullshit that never happened
> That will surely convince people to switch to Linux (it's actually GNU plus linux)
Five grams of Stallman's food dead skin have been deposited in your shilling jar
enjoy your meal

>>55640193
Most people don't actually install Windows, it comes on their computer preinstalled, with the drivers preinstalled. Then they try to install another OS and realize they don't know wtf they're doing. and blame the OS.

>>55640195
>Install Windows
>Nothing works
I can do the same thing, you know :^)

>>55640237
The last thing the FSFwould boast is support for a large variety of drivers...

>>55640193
Well yeah, it's the equivalent of saying ps3 has no games.

>>55640102
>things that didn't happenc
or you have shitty hardware

>>55640102
Shit that never happened: the post

>>55640291
>if drivers work the hardware must be shitty
uhh what? lol

>>55640265
Name one (1) thing that doesn't work on windows

Pro tip: you cant

>>55640311
sudo rm -rf /

>>55640311
Font rendering.

>>55640291
Debian live is great, it works on just about everything.

>>55640311
>Name one (1) thing that doesn't work on windows
how's your buggy DVD software coming along, winshill?

>>55640311
Windows 10 can't play DVD

>>55640311
Floppy drives

>>55640360
>2016
>Using discs

What is this 2005?

install windows
everything works

/thread

>>55640375
>h-heh, who uses d-dvds a-anyways amirite guyze?!

OP:

Take that laptop to a Microsoft Store and probably leave with a free one:

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/16/07/16/1416219/microsoft-store-offers-free-laptop-if-they-cant-upgrade-your-pc-to-windows-10

>>55640384
>/threading
>on your own post
also, >>55640265

>reinstall windows 7
>fucking stuck at 640x480 resolution because no gpu drivers
>no audio or network driver is installed whatsover so can't download them
>have to use the CDs that the gpu and the motherboard came with
>try linux mint on live usb
>everything just fucking works
>1920x1080, audio and internet working perfectly fine
>completely blown the fuck out
I wish I had fallen for the linux meme earlier

>>55640102
Was it 3dp net? 3dp chip doesn't come with network drivers.

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>>55640102
>too stupid to go to the motherboard's manufacturer's website to download the drivers
>blog on /g/ about it

>>55640102
>Windows can't find network drivers online

>>55640375
Would download all my blu rays if america didn't have the shittiest internet in the world

>>55640411
>1920x1080
>blown the fuck out
Dude, 1080p is peasantry

>>55640311
most infosec programs
most low level programming resources
the "not a botnet" feature
most reverse engineering resources
also shit server use compared to linux

try harder faglord

>>55640504
Well that's what my monitor supports, and it's way better than 640x480

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>>55640504
>Indicating progressive scan when talking about computer monitors

>>55640553
Ida and olly/immunity debug work on windows>>55640553

>>55640579
The CRT my box fan sits on does 1080i but no way it could do 1080p

>>55640102
>>55640411
Setting aside the "better" "debate", I think we should stop to acknowledge that at this point any /g/entleman worth his shit should know how to do shit on both. And why does nobody ever just check their goddamn device manager against pcidatabase.com?

>install windows 10
>it automatically activates based on my hardware
>installs all drivers automatically, even a semi-recent video driver.
I mean yeah, having all drivers already in the kernel is useful but what if it ISNT in the kernel? Then you're fucked.

>>55640763
>what if it ISNT in the kernel? Then you're fucked.
Basically every modern kernel is modular. If your driver isn't built in you can usually use some kernel interface to insert it into the kernel at run time.

>>55640311
handling scrollbars outside of the kernel

>>55640311
f2fs, ext4, wayland, window managers, VM, Servers, embedded devices, framebuffer, terminal, package manager, IBM hardware.

>>55640342
Autism.

>>55640311
>start windows
>take a long time to boot
>log into my session
>press windows key
>have to wait a minute for the menu to appear
>click on the program I want to launch
>menu get stuck
>click somewhere else on the screen to make it disappear
>still here
>wait another minute
>menu disappear
>wait another minute
>program finally launch

>few hours later
>close a program
>program is not responding
>decide to browse online while it close
>can't switch to the browser
>explorer is not responding

>connect a usb key
>searching for drivers
>after 3 minutes it finally decide to mount it
>take off the usb key
>few minutes later plug back the same usb key
>searching for drivers

should I go on ?

>>55641158
he is actually right. I got a few laptops that had blurry fonts by default. For an OS that is supposed to work out of the box that's not what you would expect.

>>55640989
lol dude you know ubuntu is literally included with Windows now right?

Linux's graphics drivers are objectively shit and that's a deal breaker

>>55641632
Nvidia's closed source drivers are ok.
AMDGPU is great in that it's open source, but it's very behind in performance.

Driver pack solution (DRP) has to be my second most used program (I work in pc repair). I wouldn't say it's shady. First thing after installing windows on a pentium d or similar piece of shit is running drp for drivers. It's not worth my time downloading the recent ones.

>install linux on old netbook
>no drivers for fucking anything
>any sort of video drivers make Xorg crash
>try other distros, even fucking ubuntu
>still no dice

>install windows
>it just werks

>>55640311
Changing fonts

>>55642186
It installed Opera and Firefox without consulting me, and Firefox was not the official install. I know it had Yandex as the default search engine, and god knows what else they might've changed.

>>55640311
Making a folder named CON

>>55642357
What the fuck

>>55642357
>mount NTFS drive on Ubangro LiveCD
>make a folder named CON on the user's desktop
>reboot into Windows

Devious?

>>55642401
That's what you get for using the POO OS
>>55642429
Yeah, WinPOO wasn't able to do it

>>55642482
>Yeah, WinPOO wasn't able to do it[Advertise on 4chan]
But what would happen? Would it totally rekt Windows?

>>55642497
>He can't even make a folder
Pajeet try making "COM1", "COM2", ... and cry a bit more

>>55642497
Why does it matter? It isn't devious at all. If you tamper with the files on someone's computer, you can just format his disk or delete system32 or whatever
How is that devious?

>>55642346
I can agree that is a scummy thing it does. Idk what version you have but you should be able to go in expert mode pick your drivers and install only those. Or at least install the drivers you need 1 by 1. You do have the option to install just drivers but I guess you didn't look hard enough. That's how I use it at least.

>>55640311
Privacy.

test

>>55640311
Upgrading within a minute and not crashing the start menu

>>55642550
It didn't offer expert mode until after it began downloading those browsers. There wasn't a cancel options and I didn't think much of it at the beginning, but the precedent spooked me. I can only hope that that was the extent of their scumminess.

>>55640311
Install updates without having to restart