What items are made better than they used to be?

@Sdnimm543@slrpnk.net · 1Y

What items are made better than they used to be?

@KISSmyOS@lemmy.world · 1Y

Sure, the software is getting worse

Not in the Linux world. Linux in the 90’s and early 00’s was rough.
First, getting the system installed and booting, then getting the GUI to work, setting up printer, scanner, wifi, etc…
Nowadays, it’s mostly just clicking “Next” a few times, and more stuff works out of the box than after a Windows installation.

Refurbished Refurbisher · edit-2 1Y

s/software/proprietary software

I’ve been daily droving Linux for over a decade now. Haven’t booted Windows in years.

DarkenLM · 1Y

and more stuff works out of the box than after a Windows installation.

Except drivers, those seem to like to catch on fire, for some reason.

@KISSmyOS@lemmy.world · 1Y

The only driver issues I had in the past 5 years were with the proprietary nVidia graphics driver.
Mostly it breaks when you upgrade the kernel or the driver but not both at the same time.
Other than that, my hardware just runs.

DarkenLM · 1Y

I’ve had many problems with drivers for Nvidia and RealTek components, that absolutely refuse to work for more than a week straight. Across three distros and two different machines.