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Ubuntu is growing faster on Windows 11 than on native Linux PCs, says Canonical (www.windowslatest.com)
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[โ€“] greybeard@feddit.online 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Obviously I don't know your setup, but Linux is far easier for printing in most cases. The drivers are built in, and just work. No third party driver packages full of spyware and ink ads necessary.

Hardware support, in general, has always been a struggle for Linux, but in the last few years, two things have happened to tip the scale:

  1. Technology kinda stopped advancing. Products are, more often then not, a rehash of last years model with no major changes. This means if Linux gets support for last year's device, it'll probably work with this years with minor to no changes.
  2. Growing Linux popularity has increased the profile enough that companies are at least trying a little to support Linux, even if it is mostly just making sure Linux developers have documentation on the device.
  3. And secret number 3, the tools and systems for reverse engineering USB devices have gotten better and more understood.
[โ€“] horus_son_of_isis@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

Those are good points, and accurate. I think my luck may just suck. I would be so happy to leave Nepo-baby Gates and his spyware company in the 20th century where it belongs.