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So this is why he doesn't do Linux... any more (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 5 months ago by 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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[โ€“] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

To be fair, I haven't thought about the USB low-levei devices in years. Nowadays most things just work, and if they don't you do a quick lsusb to check it actually sees the device then you Google what package you need to install.

[โ€“] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

Yeah... compiling from source to get a kernel module loaded is a part of the past now. Though we still do it from time to time, for some obscure pieces of hardware (like my Microtek scanner ๐Ÿ˜’), but things just generally work out of the box.