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Re:Linux on the laptop works so damn well that it’s boring by lostmsu on Saturday September 24, 2022 @03:02PM (#32965595)
IMHO, the fact that you need a kernel patch for a key LED is what holds Linux back.
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Re:Linux on the laptop works so damn well that it’s boring by AshamedCaptain on Saturday September 24, 2022 @03:16PM (#32965711)
I am assuming the above is sarcasm, but... for the record, for the HP Mic Mute LED, the "Windows" driver was:

1. Crashing regularly for most of the early Windows 10 era, leaving users with a frozen mute LED,

2. Was found to contain an actual keylogger. Yes, the driver as shipped by HP and signed by MS had malware.

Google "mictray64.exe" .

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