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Re:Get Off My Desktop Windows Needs to Stop Showing Tabloid ... by ClumsyPilot on Monday March 27, 2023 @09:02AM (#35326149)
> On Windows, you sometimes cannot even install the OS without hunting down the right drivers for some piece of hardware like the RAID controller, if you can even find them.

This sounds like an experience from 2007.

For the past 5 years, every piece of hardware I have ever bought, even from aliexpress, either works automatically or downloads a driver from windows uodate automatically.

Coming back to linix, I want wifi 6 on my little linux server, and you have to hint down the few pieces of hardware that are compatiable.

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Re:Get Off My Desktop Windows Needs to Stop Showing Tabloid ... by green-eclipse on Monday March 27, 2023 @09:43AM (#35326597)
AliExpress hardware - that seems like an adventure. Curious, how has your overall experience been with the hardware you bought?
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Re:Get Off My Desktop Windows Needs to Stop Showing Tabloid ... by tracker1 on Monday March 27, 2023 @10:59AM (#35327559)
Can't speak for GP, but for me, it's been relatively good, though delivery can take a long time. I'm using a router setup based on Ali Express purchased hardware (N6005, w/ 4x 2.5GbE intel ports running OpnSense).

I've also used a few other intel mini pcs, since the pricing for RPi went insane from limited availability... 8gb RPi 4's were going for close to or over $180, adding in a case, drive, power and the intel mini pc options were about the same price, coming with storage, ram, case, etc.

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