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Open source drivers are the overlooked heroes that make everything work. If linux hadn't had all these drivers written or ported to it (think of your intel NICs

Open source drivers are the overlooked heroes that make everything work. If linux hadn't had all these drivers written or ported to it (think of your intel NICs) the OS would be dead in the water

SlowTao 1y ago
Bingo. They may not be as fast or feature complete but they do work.
bluesign 1y ago
Yeah but those times were easy. Now drivers are binary blobs and firmwares basically.