Once you get to the point, where all your hardware is fully compatible,
everything works so much better than in Windows for example. I don't want to
think about the difficulty of installing a Windows system ever again. I had
to do this recently and boy, did I forget how shitty it was.
Search the web for drivers and applications you need, not having a package
management which you can tell to "search packagename" or "install
packagename".
So if you are looking for drivers, you have to know exactly what device you
have. Who the hell cares what soundcard or chipset is on my mainboard? Why do
I need to remember the exact model of my mainboard even after I bought it?
It's necessary to read up on it before buying, but once bought, it shouldn't
be important to remember that alphanumeric crypic code and (maybe) a flashy
name that goes with it.
It would seriously bother me if I had to worry about all my drivers
personally and not let the update manager handle it. Or look for programs in
a search engine, then download them myself and execute the setup, sit through
the wizard, accept all the standard answers. Nowadays I install software
while doing something else, not focusing on the actual installation. This is
a small thing, but so much more convenient.
