• Jul (they/she)@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    1 day ago

    Lots. My ASUS laptop from 3 or 4 years ago doesn’t have sound bu default in several distros. It came with Windows originally. Many of the drivers are proprietary, so they aren’t included by default if they exist at all.

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      The drivers are part of the kernel in linux, that is why you won’t find them, in most cases your kernel either supports the device or not.

      Never had such an issue, especially on asus, and I did have a couple asus laptops to maintain

    • MotoAsh@piefed.social
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      1 day ago

      Literally have never had that issue and I sadly consume new electronics on a regular basis. It may be worth seeing what specificially you have, as I’ve never had issues at least getting stereo working.

      I’m positive the maintainers would love to know about what hasn’t been plug and play at least for the basics.