What do Linux fan boys mean when they say "Open source"? Cause I think they go from open source to "We can handle it!".
Hello? Cause it's significantly faster than Windows! Talk about boot times, application launch time, working with files, that's what I'm talking about! Plus, Linux systems are generally great for programming, some languages —Python, C++ — come pre-installed.
Last week I was restless looking for drivers for my Notebook on which I clean installed Ubuntu 18. Trust me, I did enable proprietary software and checked for additional drivers, to no avail. I just have to bear with the awful experience, like the brightness being too bright otherwise too dim. It was perfect with Windows! The best part? It wasn't something I had to worry about on Windows. As it turns out, the manufactures didn't write drivers for any other than Windows.
During my "Find drivers hunt", I found that Fedora intentionally makes it hard for users to install proprietary software. OpenSuse focuses on to encourage open source software.
Don't they know computers work their best using software created by their manufacturers?
Open source means that the source code is available. If the manufacturer breaks something (and they frequently do), then having access to the source code means you can fix it yourself.
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It's about maintaining them, nvidia regularly breaks their linux drivers, so does ATI.
And since they are focused on windows or mac, they don't invest much energy on longterm compability with a more complex eccosystem like linux.
about linux and nvidia :)
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The idea that drivers automatically are best when produced by the original company is somewhat flawed. It has a higher probability in the beginning but as time passes the company may not think they are valuable anymore and the opensource community often chips in and compensates for this so the open source drivers sometimes will be more stable than the original ones.
But yes :) linux can be a pain