I can't control my off-brand external monitor brightness connected from my laptop on w11, but I can just fine on Linux out of the box no fucking around needed

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[–] 33 points 4 months ago (4 children)

I am no expert at all, but I am reminded of what a buttload of drivers are included in the package group linux-firmware. Maybe that's why. 🤔🪛🔧

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  • [–] [S] 25 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah maybe, and it's only under 1gb to download, this show how bad and bloated w11 is

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    The drivers themselves are included in the kernel as loadable modules. A lot of things don't even require the linux-firmware package.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

    Ah, that's right. Thanks for the clarification! I only mentioned the package as an example. Personally, I only ever install nvidia-open on my gaming rig, because the nouveau drivers simply don't compete... On my laptop and server, a "blank" Arch install works as is. 😊

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