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The Linux Kernel Preparing To Drop Infrastructure For Old & Obsolete Graphics Drivers - Phoronix(www.phoronix.com)

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db2@sopuli.xyz
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But they’ll stop working due to artificial causes.

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rasensprenger@feddit.de
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Someone needs to maintain them for them to keep working. Nobody else is willing to do that anymore, but you can still volunteer as a maintainer. If you don’t, it’s as much your fault as anyone elses.

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db2@sopuli.xyz
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There’s a big difference between dropping a driver and dropping the ability to have the driver. I’ve compiled plenty of drivers.

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bouh@lemmy.world
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I would suppose anyone running a computer with these relics can recompile a kernel to get these drivers back

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