What we need to fix the situation is more pressure on hardware vendors to release specifications and free software. Very much this. Even with the vast power th

What we need to fix the situation is more pressure on hardware vendors to release specifications and free software. Very much this. Even with the vast power that kernel developers wield, even with offers to write (for free!) and integrate drivers into mainline[1], the biggest pull is still consumers. Push your hardware vendors to (at a minimum) release specs; it's the right thing to do. [1] - For seven freaking years this offer has stood: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/487536 http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/487536 And yet we still have retarded fucking hardware companies who won't release specs. Fuck 'em - don't buy from them.