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0 pointsexe341y ago0 comments

having no drivers and having drivers that no longer work because the source isn't available and the maintainers can't update them is functionality identical.

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ywvcbk1y ago

Maybe they should stop breaking them then?

That’s a design decision, Linux maintainers decided to not have a stable ABI because they’d rather have no drivers at all than proprietary ones.

seba_dos11y ago

The only decision to be made there is when to break them, not if. Linux went with "sooner than later".

exe34OP1y ago

if you prefer to have security vulnerabilities, you can always pin your kernel version?

the kernel needs to keep evolving, and the maintainers will keep your code updated for free - you just have to open source it.

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