I recently tried ubuntu again for my desktop. I’ve seen so many posts here about how things have improved. It couldn’t register my wireless card and all the directions I found said to run CLI commands that required internet access to fix the fact that I couldn’t access the internet…
It seems like Ubuntu is still having the same issues I remember over a decade ago. I booted back into windows and it #JustWorked. I get the chicken and egg problem involved, but god damn, how is this still the problem?
You can be sure that it will cost you time even though it didn't cost any money. If you need the card, attach a CAT5 cable and run the command. If you have unsupported hardware, get supported hardware. It really comes down to how badly you want your freedom.
It’s just that drivers have always been a particular problem with linux, but IMO ubuntu has a very bad track record, because they want to provide it “out-of-the-box” windows style, but this approach gives users very little recourse when things fail.
Other distros have way better driver management, even if it needs some minor poking around.
It seems like Ubuntu is still having the same issues I remember over a decade ago. I booted back into windows and it #JustWorked. I get the chicken and egg problem involved, but god damn, how is this still the problem?