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[–] cm0002@lemdro.id 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

My many hours spent fighting GPU and WiFi drivers and getting sleep to work properly on laptops just 10 years ago beg to differ lmao

[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works -4 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Buy compatible hardware. I never hear about windows not working on some random laptop only because the hardware manufacturer wrote fucking drivers for windows.

"Oh no! I put diesel fuel in my gasoline car and now it doesn't run!"

GTFO with that shit