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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Linux has much better hardware support overall than Windows.

[–] PuddingFeeling907@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah linux runs on 30+ year old hardware

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago

I think I saw somewhere that Windows still has scheduled bugs with high core count CPUs so you can legitimately get better performance from Linux because the scheduler has already been optimized for high core count servers

[–] Catsrules@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Sure but at least from my experience if the desktop hardware doesn't support Windows we are already talking about a very obscure type of hardware that isn't going to be mass deployed to the general public that would affect this user agent statistic.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The thing with Windows is that you are dependent on the Manufacture to make drivers for the device. Windows supports nothing out of the box. You can see this if you install Windows stock on a device with no internet. Granted that's very uncommon but depending on the manufacture for support is a mixed bag sometimes.

[–] pathief@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sure but that's a really really narrow scope. Hardware is designed to work with Windows first. It's unfortunate but it is what it is and saying hardware support is bad on windows is misleading.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip -2 points 1 year ago

I just know from experience with obscure hardware. You can't run Windows on your router and Windows 11 doesn't support serial connections.