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Sure, but it also works perfectly on modern equipment like the Zenbook I bought last year.

>>throwa+(OP)
Meanwhile, my Framework Laptop that the Fedora OS team is specifically developing for has had busted microphone drivers for months.

It's all a little random on how well different internal components decide to play nice.

>>noirbo+71
Is it because of their switch from a realtek chip to tempo? It's broken on Windows too ... https://community.frame.work/t/no-driver-for-tempo-audio-chi...

All platforms have issues, especially with uncommon hardware combinations. But if you buy any mainstream device odds of it working in linux are probably similar to the odds of it working in windows.

For older hardware the odds are much better that it will work out of the box in linux.

>>throwa+l2
That forum thread you linked does not say microphone drivers are broken on Windows. The first reply sounds on point.

I'll add that all laptops produce noise on the headphone jack as the audio amplifier is preemptively switched on and off. Only difference is that it's normally just barely audible. I'm gonna take a wild guess and say they just choose a crappy IC.