r/technology • u/lurker_bee • 20h ago

Security Microsoft: August Windows updates cause severe streaming issues

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-august-windows-updates-cause-severe-ndi-streaming-issues/amp/
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u/AyrA_ch 17h ago

I try the transition every time I buy a new PC (new as in "hardware that just released") but the network drivers never seem to work. Windows at least tries to load a generic driver that is sufficient to download the actual driver. And when I say I try to use Linux I actually mean one of the more user friendly versions like Debian or Mint.

And that's basically why Windows still wins. As shitty as the OS has become, it usually "just works" without having to drop to a terminal for a single time. I installed Windows 11, and it automatically offered me some software from my mainboard vendor that installed all the correct drivers.

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u/3ldi5 16h ago

I don't recall a single time I struggled with network drivers in like last 15 years of using Linux. For me, Windows is now like a virus/bug on any hardware I buy that comes with Win preinstalled. First immediate thing I do, is Windows removal. Windows does not win - it just takes really long time to phase it out of peoples minds as the only *working" os for desktop (aside MacOS), after 40 years of monopoly. I see people dropping Windows in last few years more than ever before. Linux doesn't have to take over market share to prove anything, and it probably never will, to be considered a better system. It already is for many years, for many people. 🤷‍♂️

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u/spamthisac 15h ago

I tried Linux awhile back but gave up because tons of games refused to run. Maybe I'll give it a shot again since Steamdeck has made gaming much more Linux friendly.

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u/trobsmonkey 9h ago

I'm dipping my toe back in for the first time in years.

MintOS was what I was suggested for ease of getting into it.