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Re:Google Hardware makes cuts to laptop and tablet developme... by balls187 on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @08:16PM (#19385316)
I had assumed people who wanted to run linux were okay with dealing with driver hardware jank, and were more or less comfortable with the tuning and customization required to get the hardware to work as they desired.

For those who just wanted a machine that "just worked" Windows based and Apple laptops would suffice, the latter having the power of a unix based OS underneath.

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Re:Google Hardware makes cuts to laptop and tablet developme... by nl on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @10:38PM (#19386098)
I had assumed people who wanted to run linux were okay with dealing with driver hardware jank, and were more or less comfortable with the tuning and customization required to get the hardware to work as they desired.

This is absolutely not the case. I can't emphasize it enough.

I don't mind Macs and OSX, but I would like some different options. I like Ubuntu (run it on my desktop) but I refuse to play the driver/customization game.

I want everything to just work.

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Re:Google Hardware makes cuts to laptop and tablet developme... by Dylan16807 on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @10:01PM (#19385912)
There are a lot of people that would like to run Linux but don't want to deal with hardware problems. That and software compatibility are the biggest pushbacks by far.
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