Comment on I spent a year on Linux and forgot to miss Windows

richardwallass@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Nugscree@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  What kind of exotic hardware do you have? Pretty much any of the old and new hardware I keep throwing at it has worked, do you have specialized equipment?

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  • fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    My partner has a bog standard Weseary headset and the knobs don’t work on Linux. Setting up his gaming mouse from Logitech was also a nightmare. Linux needs to work on it’s plug and play for normiea, as much as I love it.

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    • ikirin@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      IMO that’s not the fault of Linux per se but of the manifacturers that only provide drivers/software for Windows and then let the community figure out the rest. The end result is the same just due to a different cause.

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      • AppearanceBoring9229@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Sadly most manufacturers still don’t care about linux support. If you are lucky sometimes there’s a community alternative. But even then some of the advanced features may not work.

        What you can do is check on their website which drivers they have available, and avoid buying stuff that doesn’t have Linux support when possible.

        With more adoption I hope that it becomes increasingly available, although in practice I’ve seen several products drop their Linux support due to low users. 😢

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      • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        It’s because Linux isn’t used widely enough. Nobody is gonna put in effort for the sake of 3 random customers.

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    • Nugscree@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If it is a wireless one Solaar has been my go to program to manage Logitech mouses, so maybe that will also help you?

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      • fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        It took several hours to set that up.

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  • nasi_goreng@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Some pen display, graphic tablets, and audio pheriperials are not always fully supported on Linux. Even new hardware does not guarantee a full support.

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    • semperverus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Hell, even common stuff like the Elgato Stream Deck either doesnt work, works very poorly, or can’t replicate all of the functionality.

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