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1. Sergiu Marton :fedora: (brown121407@fosstodon.org)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jul-2019 03:18:13 EDT Sergiu Marton :fedora:

   People only think Windows "just works" because they get it preinstalled and already configured by the PC/laptop manufacturer.

   On my Dell laptop, whenever I wanted to install Windows I needed to go on another machine, download 20 .exes and put them on a USB drive, because there were no drivers on a clean Windows install and I couldn't even access the internet.

   The first time I installed GNU/Linux on that laptop I almost screamed "ARE YOU F-ING KIDDING ME? HOW IS THIS *ALREADY* WORKING?"

   1. mangeurdenuage (mangeurdenuage@loadaverage.org)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jul-2019 11:52:04 EDT mangeurdenuage

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      >People only think Windows "just works" because they get it preinstalled and already configured by the PC/laptop manufacturer.
      tbh it's a very bad configuration.
      >because there were no drivers on a clean Windows install and I couldn't even access the internet.
      I haven't got that often but I know the reason of it. It's because they use an image disk of an incorrect OS/with incorrect hardware. It happens but it's not common.