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> there's tons of niche hardware that just can't be driven from Linux. Linux developers can often do wonders, but they still do not have a crystal ball. If tha
by squarefoot 4y ago
> there's tons of niche hardware that just can't be driven from Linux.
Linux developers can often do wonders, but they still do not have a crystal ball. If that hardware is niche+closed+expensive I don't see how they can produce working drivers or software. Manufacturers not releasing documentation are the problem, not Linux, or BSD or any other non supported OS.
- dTal 4y ago>If that hardware is niche+closed+expensive I don't see how they can produce working drivers or software. Indeed. They can't. Which is why Linux can't drive that stuff. I fully agree with your assessment of whose fault it is. That wasn't the question.