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• oo1@lemmings.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I think he needs to work with HW manufacturers and chip designers/manufacturers to get drivers. They’re always going to have some proprietary HW and FW and communication protocols somewhere in their stuff. I think if he pisses them off too much he has to to bit-bash or reverse engineer all drivers for loads of stuff - which is never going to happen.

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  • anomnom@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Linux would need overwhelming market share in the consumer end to force chip makers to play, whether they like it or not.

    Windows might be finally doing a bad enough job again, to drive Linux adoption, but it’s hard to tell if that’s just Lemmy talking.

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    • oo1@lemmings.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Linux doesnt “force” chip makers. It tries to collaborate , that’s the point of what Linus has been saying and doing for several years. I don’t know which market you’re talking about though, embedded - which is relevant here, or consumer PC. I don’t even think MS gives a shit about consumer PC, it’s worth next to nothing to anyone - maybe apple does.

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      • anomnom@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Force is the wrong word, I meant more difficult to ignore.

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