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		JaimeThompson on April 19, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Offline is just online with extreme latency >Linux requiring you to compile drivers for pretty much any device yourself It's not much better on modern Fedora. The drivers do come precompiled but you have to reboot sometimes twice per week to install updates.

phkahler on April 19, 2023 | [–]

I rarely do updates and don't get notifications for them. Windows OTOH will demand I update, or decide to when I don't want it to.

prmoustache on April 19, 2023 | [–]

Nothing forces you to reboot it twice per week.

worthless-trash on April 19, 2023 | [–]

Agree, they deliver updates and fixes, its good to have the option.

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