Re:I Miss BSD/Linux
by babypuncher on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @02:31PM
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I blame perhipheral manufacturers for clinging to USB-A for no reason. It's been 8 years, please let this connector die already.
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The chain of blame can be pushed further. Peripheral manufacturers laergely targrt desktop users, of which almost no motherboards support USB-C.
Re:I Miss BSD/Linux
by babypuncher on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @07:04PM
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It's a chicken and egg scenario. Motherboard manufacturers load up their I/O panels with USB A ports because people demand them. People demand them because all their perhipherals, like the dongle for their wireless mouse, are USB-A.
Logitech recently released an updated version of my mouse, the G Pro Superlight 2, and the damn thing still ships with a USB-A dongle.
With how many ports modern motherboards often ship with, I would think they could at least split the difference and give me 1/2 USB-C and 1/2 USB-A. but nope, my 2 year old motherboard only has 1 USB-C port on the back and a dozen USB-A. Then at least we would have a path forward.