Linux: Plug keyboard in. It just works™.
Windows: Plug keyboard in. Wait five minutes while it checks Windows Update for a driver, and wait for it to install that driver. Unless your keyboard is extremely basic, this will fail, so now you have to find another keyboard or use the on screen keyboard to find a driver.
@BalooUriza @nvi YEP
HOLY FUCK i hate the windows driver model so much
@BalooUriza @nvi @haskal Does the Window driver model check for the clock? Because, I'm going to talk about a very old Windows (98).
For some reason one PC everytime I unplug it for a long time and the plug it again and adjust the clock correctly (CMOS battery is wasted I think), Windows FORGETS the USB drivers even if it's in the same port. So I have to restart the PC to plug a shitty PS/2 mouse.
@BalooUriza @nvi @haskal I know, what I am complaining about is if is it as slightly as the power of the clock goes out, Win98 automatically forgets those USB drivers.
@Genstar @BalooUriza @nvi dunno but likely
@nvi @haskal Also Windows: Repeat this process all over again if you accidentally unplug the keyboard and don't plug it back into the same port, because apparently Windows thinks it's a completely different device requiring another copy of the drivers now.