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0 pointsthrowaway484761y ago0 comments

In PC land linux driver support is not always day one as they are working on the drivers up to and sometimes after the release. Somehow the mobile vendors aren't capable of this.

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pjmlp1y ago

OEMs would rather sell new devices that do updates for free.

The same happens in PC land with laptops, you seldom get drivers from Microsoft for laptop specific components, those come from the OEM, and get you what you get.

For example, https://download.lenovo.com/eol/index.html

pantalaimon1y ago

On the PC a lot more is handled by the UEFI firmware so you need a lot less device specific drivers.

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