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Why do you have to install Usb-Drivers on Windows, but I never had to do it on Linux? (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 months ago by Majestix@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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On my Job I regularly have to install Windows PCs and sometimes even install the USB Drivers for Mouse and Keyboard to work. Why dont I have to do that on Linux ever? Seems weird not to have them installed on Windows.

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[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Not my experience at all. Always having to deal with hardware compatibility with Linux, for mundane stuff that Windows never even blinks over.

My best example is a Logitech mouse, arguably the most prolific and popular mouse out there, they don't work in Linux at all, until you find a third party tool. In Windows, they work immediately, albeit without Logitech's fancy management utilities. But they just work.

I see this all the time on Linux, with mundane stuff.

[–] ag10n@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago

Which mouse? HID is all but guaranteed to work on linux

[–] Badabinski@kbin.earth 0 points 5 months ago

Which mouse and which distro? I'm genuinely curious. I've plugged my MX Master 3S directly into my work laptop running Arch many times and have never had to do anything to make it work.