Buy a UV-5R radio

>buy a UV-5R radio
>see driver nightmares on Windows 8/10
>try installing prolific drivers, no matter what I always get error 10, just not werkingTM
>muck around for an hour
>try on Fedora and SUSE
>plug in
>automagically detects baofeng programming cable, assigns correct port
>only thing I didn't notice from the start is that you need kdesu/gksudo to run the COM port
>instantly recognizes and has no problem cloning


Windows, even for obscure software and hobbies (which was supposed to be its strong point) like HAM, still continues to be shit.
Sasuga Nutella.

Windows is shit.

Linux is good for old autistic tech, what else is new

Wasn't that Windows' forte?

>winbabby trying to actually paint superior hardware support as a bad thing

"Linux has no drivers" is a huge meme.

"Windows just works" is possibly an even bigger meme.

Windows in a VM for testing malware, Linux for everything else.

>"Linux has no drivers" is a huge meme.

Linux has shitty drivers though

>"Windows just works" is possibly an even bigger meme.

It's the closest thing out there

>Windows in a VM for testing malware, Linux for everything else.

hahaha, funny

Not defending Windows (I also use Linux with my UV-82), but you bought a knockoff cable.

Windows 10 won't even boot on my laptop. Fuck off shill.

>Windows 10

Install windows 7 like a reasonable person

>Linux has shitty drivers though
maybe not for your shitty gaymen rig. Linux doesnt have proprietary drivers for graphics cards but dominates in drivers for large machinery, small robotics, printers and non-standard peripherals.

>It's the closest thing out there
Besides Debian based distros....

Wincuck pls

>Windows 7
>Takes 25 - 30 seconds to boot
>even longer to shut down

fuck that bloated shit

>Linux doesnt have proprietary drivers for graphics cards

Who uses graphic cards anyway, everybody is still on vt100 terminals, right?

>but dominates in drivers for large machinery, small robotics, printers and non-standard peripherals.

Because the average person has a 5 axes cnc machine in their basement.

>Everyone needs to have GTX 1080s with full nVidia cancerware bloating the shit out of the PC,
That's simply not the case for people with jobs. The Intel integrated graphics work fine.

>Because the average person has a 5 axes cnc machine in their basement.
read OP cuck, anyone who actually uses computers for anything other than a toy knows Linux is the vastly Superior choice

>read OP cuck, anyone who actually uses computers for anything other than a toy knows Linux is the vastly Superior choice

Constantly changing your window manager is a vastly superior activity

"original costs close to $20, I got mine that works fo"r $2

No shit. But if you had actually read about "driver nightmares on Windows 8/10" then you would have known you either need to buy the real cable or use the older driver build with the knockoff cable

This has nothing to do with Windows vs Linux. This is a user problem.

It works because you used different driver you autist.

>Constantly changing your window manager is a vastly superior activity
no, plugging something and having it actually work is vastly superior :^)

>no, plugging something and having it actually work is vastly superior :^)

So Windows is vastly superior then?

I wanted to interject to explain something to you. Lunix lusers generally find a favorite window manager and stick with it. I know it can be confusing, but Anonymous is not actually a single person.

I prefer fluxbox and DWM. Less is more, IMO.

Did you even read what the OP posted?

Yeah, and he is a liar like every linux user on the internet. The few times I've ever had driver problems with windows was with noname chink shit. Really horrible stuff. And I was still able to get the drivers from some chink site.
Meanwhile your typical user wants a fully working computer, and while linux has a vast selection of drivers, they are missing features most of the time.
I'm on Linux now btw.

>only thing I didn't notice from the start is that you need kdesu/gksudo to run the COM port
If you add your user to the group that owns the serial port (probably dialout), you won't need to do this in the future.

sudo usermod -a -G dialout [username]

Be sure to log out and back in for it to take effect.

> and he is a liar like every linux user on the internet.
>[....]
>I'm on Linux now btw

No need, not like I'll be connecting it all the time.

it doesn't work with millions of webcams
causing millions of problems, again

why go there
it's utter, utter shit

>webcams
Is it 2001 again

I guess it's very important to attentionwhores.

First this :
and than:
>have a usb stick with portable linux distro
>plug it in ~50 PC/laptops
>graphics, sound, Ethernet and Wlan always work without any problems.

While on windows:
>plug in wlan dongle
>automatic driver installation fails
>have to search them.........

Now who has the best driver support?

Windows's forte is and always was data mining, gayming, and FUCK MY WINDOS TEN AUTO ABDATED ITSLF WTF I HATE WINDES NOW XDDDD