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squarefoot on Nov 1, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Systemd 252

> 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 on Nov 2, 2022 [–]

>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.

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