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

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      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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        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. 😊