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14 hours agoI wasn’t around that early, was ndiswrapper, bad?
I wasn’t around that early, was ndiswrapper, bad?
Could the kernel makers create some sort of sandbox to run Windows drivers in - so we ride on Windows coat tails until true Linux drivers are available? Or is the Windows, um DPI (driver program interface) just too different to allow that?
Edit: Then we use the Windows drivers an make loud noises to the hardware mfg that we would really rather have a Linux driver and that they would sell many more of their $hardware if they make one.
Doing it ourselves might have the same effect though - “oh well, they have their own driver they are happy with”