nqi

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   by nqi 8y ago

   OEMs won't mainline their drivers with all their trade secrets. That's impractical, unrealistic wishful thinking that harms consumers.
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   by nqi 8y ago

   https://twitter.com/romaindillet/status/1067418103452192768 Of all the things to complain... What a lousy article.
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   by nqi 8y ago

   It's unreasonable to expect OEMs to keep updating the code every time the driver API is broken, especially when you have dozens of mobiles. The only side who's losing here is the end customer.
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   by nqi 8y ago

   Some clever brain thought drivers should be part of the kernel. I personally think that's what's prevented Linux from conquering the desktop because of GPU vendors having no stable API to build upon. That is also the reason Androi