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minus-squarethisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agowell technically… USB initialization isn’t that simple, when you change which port it’s plugged into, it’s numerated under that new memory space, so from the computers perspective, it’s a different number, it’s a different device.
minus-squaregarretble@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoIs that just obfuscated on other platforms (like MacOS)? I don’t think I’ve ever had a Mac get “confused” by a device by changing its port.
minus-squareBCsven@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agoCould be like Linux where a lot of drivers are in the kernel and it doesn’t need to add drivers every time you plug something in
minus-squarethisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-26 days agothe other OS’s don’t store the configuration in the registry, that’s the main difference
minus-squaregarretble@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoI see. So Windows just needs to git gud.
minus-squaremacniel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agoGit gut by using a sane POSIX architecture just like any other OS out there.
well technically… USB initialization isn’t that simple, when you change which port it’s plugged into, it’s numerated under that new memory space, so from the computers perspective, it’s a different number, it’s a different device.
Is that just obfuscated on other platforms (like MacOS)? I don’t think I’ve ever had a Mac get “confused” by a device by changing its port.
Could be like Linux where a lot of drivers are in the kernel and it doesn’t need to add drivers every time you plug something in
the other OS’s don’t store the configuration in the registry, that’s the main difference
I see.
So Windows just needs to git gud.
Git gut by using a sane POSIX architecture just like any other OS out there.