• PlutoParty@programming.dev
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    11 months ago

    This is true today. Had you tried that back in 2005, you’d very likely be fiddling with drivers. I specifically remember making a disk that contained all the drivers I’d need if I had to reinstall for any reason. Without it and without a network, you’d have to have another computer available to grab drivers from the internet.

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      11 months ago

      You had to do this with windows in 2005 too… In fact I’ve had to use a different computer to download drivers as recently as 2017 for a Windows 10 computer…

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        11 months ago

        Well, yes. I wasn’t really intending to make a comparison. I was just explaining the meme. There was a time when getting your wifi/network card going in Linux was somewhat of a hassle for many.

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        11 months ago

        Windows 10 comes with generic drivers for network capabilities preinstalled. It isn’t Windows 7 anymore.