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Why people gave up using linux? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 10 months ago by Fint0034@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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The only few reason I know so far is software availability, like adobe software, and Microsoft suite. Is there more of major reasons that I missed?

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[–] pkill@programming.dev 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

what distro was it back then? some distros religiously dedicated to software freedom don't ship the proprietary linux-firmware blobs which might, among other things, contain your WiFi drivers.

[–] Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I honestly don't remember. It was a long time ago. I also tried Mint thinking it might be more intuitive, but I couldn't get WiFi to work with either of them.

[–] pkill@programming.dev 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

virtually any built in card works these days. with 3rd party cards... well you're better of looking up it's chipset and how well it is supported by linux before you buy one, for example some cheap realtek dongles had no WPA3 support and worse throughput. Iirc Broadcom has for a long time been hostile towards linux.