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Driver problems, of all things, isn't on my list of reasons to switch to Linux.

I only use Windows for gaming, and the Intel graphics driver keeps getting downgraded by Windows Update. It's pretty annoying to have a fully updated driver get reverted to one that's a few years old. Good luck changing that behavior as well.

That should happen less as Windows Updates reduces the amount of outdated drivers they ship, right?

No. Without any driver many devices will fall back to generic drivers. An old driver is usually far better than none. Think of a graphics card. With an out-of-date driver your screens should at least function at their designed resolution/number. With literally no driver, you will likely be back at VGA on a single screen. Have fund finding and updating drivers from a website in 640x480.

The "that" here being:

> the Intel graphics driver keeps getting downgraded by Windows Update

Windows Update won't remove your already installed driver and replace it with nothing. Not that I'd find that shocking but that's not what's supposedly happening here.

With literally no driver, you will at least get SVGA VESA modes, same as in Linux.

not yet :)

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