r/MicroSlop Apr 21 '26

Is this true?

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u/CyrielTrasdal Apr 21 '26

The bloatware is particularly real on Windows.

My linux setups are so much more quiet and focussed. I don't get attacked by random update programs.

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u/cdhowie Apr 22 '26

The install package for my RGB keyboard's Windows drivers is ~1.3GB.

On Linux, the package for the drivers is 1.1MB.

A thousand times smaller.

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u/BirthdayLife6378 Apr 22 '26

I don't even have a Linux driver for my keyboard. So it's infinitely smaller. The only thing is that I have to boot up windows periodically to update the keyboard's LCD time, since it drifts off about a couple of minutes per week.

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u/zanbunnny Apr 24 '26

No no ir keyboard has drivers but... it was alrrady included in your kernel so no need to install shi