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Perhaps one should build their new OS around a compatibility layer to support Windows drivers. I hardly am too much of a system programmer and don't know how mu
by qwerty456127 7y ago
Perhaps one should build their new OS around a compatibility layer to support Windows drivers. I hardly am too much of a system programmer and don't know how much sense would that make but AFAIK this is possible. E.g. I remember using Windows WiFi NIC drivers on Kubuntu a decade ago.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 7y agoIf it were reasonable to do, then Linux or one of the BSDs would have done it ages ago. NDISWrapper was a special case.
- qwerty456127 7y agoLinux and BSDs hardly care much about desktop stuff and they already have all the drivers for the relevant server stuff.