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minus-squarerumschlumpel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoHaven’t used Windows in a hot minute, do you actually have to install WLAN drivers manually there?
minus-squareJiral@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoWhen I tried to install Windows 10 2 years ago on my mini PC it tried to install wifi drivers but failed. Wifi only worked after manually downloading and installing the driver. Various Linux distros were plug and play and wifi worked out of the box.
minus-squaremadthumbs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·4 months ago‘works on my machine’ -one of the most ignorant arguments. The same model Motherboards can have different sound, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth chips. You’re trusting unsigned, reverse engineered, and amateur developed drivers in ring 0 which can possibly damage your hardware and firmware. It’s not something to casually recommend people do.
Haven’t used Windows in a hot minute, do you actually have to install WLAN drivers manually there?
When I tried to install Windows 10 2 years ago on my mini PC it tried to install wifi drivers but failed. Wifi only worked after manually downloading and installing the driver. Various Linux distros were plug and play and wifi worked out of the box.
‘works on my machine’ -one of the most ignorant arguments.
The same model Motherboards can have different sound, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth chips.
You’re trusting unsigned, reverse engineered, and amateur developed drivers in ring 0 which can possibly damage your hardware and firmware.
It’s not something to casually recommend people do.