Has Ubuntu Replaced Windows on Your Box?

[Daniel Carrera]

Michael T. Richter wrote:
> The issue, you see, is "which distribution?"  The sheer bewildering 
> variety of kernel, libc, gcc, etc. versions out there makes it basically 
> impossible to make a driver that works with more than a handful of 
> distros at a time.

How about providing whatever information the kernel guys want to make an 
open source driver that they'll maintain? You could even work with them 
a bit to make the initial driver and then trust that they'll maintain it 
as the kernel changes.

I can see how drivers have a problem because Linus doesn't guarantee ABI 
stability inside the kernel. But making an open source driver could, 
potentially, be less work (or so they say) because they're willing to 
maintain it.

Cheers,
Daniel.
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