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1. moffka+(OP)[view] [source] 2024-02-10 16:15:13
One of those things that the end users won't ever give half a shit about. Same thing when installing some linux distros: "dO yoU wANT To doWNloAd AND iNStAll 3Rd paRty driVers"

Yes. Yes I want my GPU, wifi and bluetooth to work. Get over yourselves and leave that checkbox checked by default.

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2. dvngnt+f2[view] [source] 2024-02-10 16:28:18
>>moffka+(OP)
some people do
3. AeroNo+R4[view] [source] 2024-02-10 16:39:39
>>moffka+(OP)
Speak for yourself.
4. gkbrk+4d[view] [source] 2024-02-10 17:21:22
>>moffka+(OP)
GPU, Wifi and Bluetooth commonly work with open source drivers
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5. TillE+Dy[view] [source] 2024-02-10 19:30:50
>>moffka+(OP)
It's not an arbitrary ideological decision, it's a legal one. Blame Microsoft for their dumb license on dxil.dll which, as I read it, would require Godot to add some kind of click-through agreement.
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6. comex+NA[view] [source] [discussion] 2024-02-10 19:49:43
>>gkbrk+4d
More often the issue is firmware rather than drivers.
7. matheu+h52[view] [source] 2024-02-11 14:46:45
>>moffka+(OP)
Huh? I absolutely do not want proprietary drivers tainting my kernel. I barely tolerate firmware blobs. So far only nvidia has required such drivers.
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8. sterli+fg6[view] [source] [discussion] 2024-02-12 22:25:36
>>TillE+Dy
Reminds me of the baffling license on redistributing MS's C runtime as a DLL rather than an MSI, leading to everyone having 12 different versions installed, and not being able to ship programs that run without being installed first.

I have no clue why they did this. I work for MS and I'm as annoyed about it as anyone.

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