Comment by bennysomething
4 years ago
I use it because it supports any bit of hardware thrown at it, with little fuss.
I tried to go all Linux many times, gave up, I just wanted something that works.
4 years ago
I use it because it supports any bit of hardware thrown at it, with little fuss.
I tried to go all Linux many times, gave up, I just wanted something that works.
It doesn't always work. I have two machines, one that has issues with a north bridge, which initially prevented shutdown and prohibits, suspend and hibernate. And another where the Bluetooth dies until reboot on an Intel wireless card. Another machine wouldn't upgrade due to a wireless card, that took about three days of troubleshooting. My Linux boxes glitch too. I rarely have stuff that just works.
Hardware vs software issues right there.
The exception to this is older hardware. My ATI Radeons are still useful as 1080p graphics adapters under Linux, but they are totally unsupported by Windows. My laser printer is in a similar situation.