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Has anyone else just had great luck with Liux recognizing devices? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 months ago by applemao@lemmy.world to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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Maybe it's because I was last into linux more heavily 10+ years ago. But I am amazed at how distros work now. 15 year old wifi adapter that originally came with cd based drivers? Works perfectly without anything extra. Racing wheel i got on ebay? Works perfectly. Mouse, keyboard, tartarus, no issue. I am just very happy with how well linux has been working, and hopefully this will bring more people to make the switch. However, I have not had luck with vr (oculus. I hear index does better). Thats the one thing I do hope for more progress on.

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[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

It's not luck. It's hard work by a dedicated group of people who make it happen. 🙏

[-] Rade0nfighter@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Quite possibly significantly this guy - Larry Finger, R.I.P and thanks for your service.

Rembering Larry Finger - Larry Finger made Linux wireless work and brought others along to learn

[-] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I've had zero problems with linux working with any hardware I have.

But thats mostly because I selected hardware from companies known to have good linux compatability. like AMD, and TPlink

[-] Bluefruit@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I had that experience yesterday.

I wanted to see if a old fingerprint reader I bought 6 or 7 years ago would work, wasn't expecting it to but lo and behold, it was in the fprint documentation as a supported device and once set up, worked without issue.

The Linux community fucking rules man. So many talented and hard working people make this stuff possible.

[-] HelloRoot@lemy.lol 1 points 2 months ago

I look at https://linux-hardware.org/ before buying hardware, so it always works

[-] KaninchenSpeed@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago

I have not had luck with vr (oculus. I hear index does better).

Which oculus headset do you have? If its a Quest then ALVR is the way to go. The wired only ones dont really work. If you want to see your desktop in vr, then you can use WlxOverlay-S for that.

[-] applemao@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah quest 2. I haven't side loaded it or anything yet as it's a shared headset with the SO

[-] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I've been keeping Windows to do VR, I didn't realize it was working on Linux too. Index, btw

[-] rikudou@lemmings.world 0 points 2 months ago

Definitely better than Windows lately, which is kinda amusing. Have you tried reinstalling Windows from scratch lately?

[-] Ghoelian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 months ago

A previous laptop I had came with win 11. At first I installed win 10 on it cause I needed that for work, touchpad just would not work. Finding the drivers for win 11 was already almost impossible without installing some shitty device detector program from msi, win 10 versions just did not exist.

Installed Linux on it eventually, and it worked perfectly out of the box.

[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Windows just isn't ready for the desktop.

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