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Linux was responsible to open countless drivers, and is the reason that I can enjoy my laptop with free drivers.

But fear not, you can still use non-free drivers with Linux!

edit: you said about chromeOS in another post. Congratulations, it uses Linux!



Thx. I am aware of chromeos using linux.

But it is very strongly modified and reshaped and is still no open system I can control or own. But it works. With standby times for example, my 100% linux laptops could not even dream about (and that is, with all the quirks and optimisations hacked into them) as they are worlds apart.

(standbydrain is something like from 100% to 0% battery in 2 days on full linux and over 4 weeks with chromeOS. My windows laptop lasts at least twice the time under windows, compared to linux. With more power.

Mainly because of good and bad drivers.


Okay, but.. there are good open source drivers too. I am actually incredulous - do you _prefer_ to use proprietary drivers, given a choice? Proprietary drivers are often locked to certain kernels, so this means you can't get updates.




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