Why do you have to install Usb-Drivers on Windows, but I never had to do it on Linux? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by Majestix@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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On my Job I regularly have to install Windows PCs and sometimes even install the USB Drivers for Mouse and Keyboard to work. Why dont I have to do that on Linux ever? Seems weird not to have them installed on Windows.

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[-] ricdeh@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago

More often than not, it is the companies themselves that commit drivers for their hardware to the Linux kernel

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