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Is there anything wrong with taking my ssd with mint out of my desktop and slapping it in an old laptop? I actually tried it and it seems to have booted up perfectly. How does it know what drivers to use automatically? Its pretty sweet that it works this easily.

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[–] danielton1@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Linux doesn't have a Device Manager or database like Windows does. It automatically picks the appropriate drivers for the hardware in the system when it boots, based on what drivers are installed. And as others have mentioned, most distros ship generic kernels with all the open-source drivers included.

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 4 points 22 hours ago (4 children)

Thats so nice.

Only thing that didnt work was the wifi card but that'll be an easy fix

[–] pmk@piefed.ca 3 points 19 hours ago (2 children)
[–] Laser@feddit.org 1 points 1 minute ago

Remember ndiswrapper?

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 1 points 15 hours ago

Haha totally im asking for it now!

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