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I don't understand how you consider Windows drivers to be a mess compared to Linux? Do you mean for power users who like to manually configure their own drivers? Windows 10 and 11 are just plug and play with any device I can think of that an average user would use.
I don't use Windows as my daily driver, but I have done a lot of IT work for people who do use Windows, so maybe I'm missing something.
On Linux a user does nothing. The kernel contains all drivers. The few userspace drivers that exist are there by default like Mesa.
On Windows they are spread out between vendors. Sometimes Windows manages them, sometimes it grabs ancient versions. Then you have to maintain them with updates.
A lot of drivers are spyware, Nvidia’s tool even requires an account.
Yea, I see what you mean. I definitely prefer the way that linux handles drivers.
From my experience, not too many people have had driver issues with the newer versions of windows, but I could have just gotten lucky there. I find that most non tech savy people don't care if they have the latest driver or if it contains spyware or any of that. Most of them don't know what a driver is, so they just plug it in and if it works they don't care how or why.
I try to educate when I can but some people really don't care to learn. Thanks for your explanation, I totally understand your reasoning.
Modern Windows is much better than like the Vista and earlier days for sure.
Though now I find a lot of accessories want you to install their crappy, and very sketchy, app just to set an rgb color.