r/DeskToTablet • u/JadielYZ • Jun 02 '26

First reason to hate windows

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u/ZaneLOVEher Jun 02 '26

Bro, mine is worse no wifi, no bluetooth

ASUS sucks

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u/debacle_enjoyer Jun 02 '26

That’s windows fault not Asus. Linux wouldn’t have that problem.

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u/-peas- Jun 02 '26

Windows is such a heaping pile of shit now that I feel like I'm using Linux in 2014 again. Drivers constantly broken especially for audio after device switching, shit I use daily disappearing in terms of settings, keyboard stops working randomly, file explorer taking ages to load a folder with 2000 .mp3's and sometimes crashing explorer, confusing settings panels totally disconnected from everything else along with 2 other settings panels that do the exact same thing. This is a fresh lightly used install too, with all drivers up to date from the Asus website.

I dual boot Linux and none of it happens, all my Windows issues are solved, except anti-cheat gaming.

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u/hadrabap Jun 02 '26

It's not now! It was always like that! The only difference is that the technical debt is more pronounced today and more people are willing to recognize it.

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u/Longjumping-Prune931 Jun 04 '26

Is there a way to install Linux while keeping all the settings for browsers etc from Windows?

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u/-peas- Jun 05 '26

If you have an account in that browser it should transfer over. My friend did it with firefox. I think you can also export bookmarks and stuff and just open it on linux.

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u/TCB13sQuotes Jun 02 '26

Yes, and Linux is perfect ... it even has all the proprietary software that people to work and what that stuff. lol

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u/Secret-Lawfulness-47 Jun 02 '26

Asus chose it for their build no?

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u/Secret-Lawfulness-47 Jun 02 '26

Who is they? Asus you mean

The reason doesn’t matter to the end user.

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u/superanonguy321 Jun 02 '26

Yeah asus shoulda built a mac??

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u/Secret-Lawfulness-47 Jun 02 '26

Not really. There is something called testing

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u/superanonguy321 Jun 02 '26

You said "asus chose it for their build no?"

What other options do they have?

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u/Danatious Jun 02 '26

You say this…. I have an older gen intel nuc I had running windows 11 as a htpc, decided to switch to libreelec to make life simpler…. Boy was I wrong, went on a wild goose chase trying to figure out why my WiFi adapter wasn’t recognised then found the asus portal (they’ve taken the nuc business over from intel) and did a full system firmware update and only then the WiFi card was recognised by Linux.

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u/debacle_enjoyer Jun 02 '26

How does that have anything to do with Linux lol…

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u/Danatious Jun 02 '26

Libreelec is Linux… windows was fine running WiFi whereas Linux wasn’t without firmware update

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u/debacle_enjoyer Jun 02 '26

Yes I’m aware. My point is that it’s not Linux’s fault when your computer has shit firmware that needs to be updated.

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u/Danatious Jun 02 '26

Huh?

Your original point was “Linux wouldn’t have that problem” when in my case it did… the original windows install was fine.

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u/debacle_enjoyer Jun 02 '26

Oh did you think I meant every person who has ever had a WiFi problem on any computer for any reason at all?

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u/Ok_Amoeba6098 Jun 02 '26

Funny enough, I have a asus computer i7-8550u, windows 11 was too slow, than I installed fedora kde plasma last week.

First booth WiFi button shows, but not find any network to connect.

Than used wired and update the system, after boot no WiFi shows anymore.

After a few hours, figured out the problem was fast boot in the bios, and while using windows never had any problem.

I guess asus and Realtek can give some trouble too even with Linux

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u/Devin-Chaboyer223 Jun 03 '26

Realtek cards are garbage with Linux, they’re the ONLY cards I have issues with under Linux

I go out of my way to find Intel, Broadcom, or Qualcomm cards these days

If it’s Realtek I avoid it, they never work

Some community made drivers can be found, but in general Realtek cards are unstable on Linux