Installing OS, 10 years ago:

Windows: click a couple of buttons enter username and password

Linux: Terminal hacking, downloading shell scripts from github

Installing OS today:

Linux: click a couple of buttons, enter username and password

Windows: Terminal hacking, downloading shell scripts from github.

Link to video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qKRmYW1D0S0

  • bitchkat@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    4 months ago

    I had to manually install displaylink on Fedora in order to use my USB-C docking station. Its not included in the fedora repos. But it drives 4x1440p monitors

    • tom_was_taken@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
      3·
      4 months ago

      That’s true for any OS though. DisplayLink dock is software dock and must have proper drivers installed to work.

      • bitchkat@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        4 months ago

        dodos is claiming that it should be supported by the distro (meaning work out of the box).

        • tom_was_taken@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
          1·
          4 months ago

          Well, hardware-designed dock station would work, sure. They don’t require any additional software. For example, for M1 MacBook Air with MacOS there are two options: HW docks would work out of the box, no software or tinkering needed. But you are limited with only one external display (Apple decided so). SW docks (DisplayLink) work great and give you multiple displays and stuff, but require drivers. And also after reboot you have to log in before dock can launch its software companion. Also, since it’s software, OS updates can cause malfunction and/or incompatibility. I expect situation be more or less the same with all OS.

    • dodos@lemmy.world
      1·
      4 months ago

      I had no clue those were a thing, thanks for letting me know. Does the dock require additional software on windows as well?