Απ: Free Linux driver development

[Christos Ricudis]

Nick Demou wrote:
>> H megalyterh dyskolia pou antimetwpizoun oi hardware vendors DEN einai
>> to na katsei kapoios na grapsei linux drivers gia to hardware tous.
>> Mporoun na to kanoun kai oi idioi para poly kala, pistepste me. To
>> megalytero problhma brisketai sto QA kai sta logistics tou na kanoyn
>> support ena oikonomika asymforo minority apo unix-illiterate linux users
>> me 857.4 [2] linux distributions.
>
> μα λέει ξεκάθαρα ο άνθρωπος ότι _ΚΑΙ_ αυτό το δύσκολο κομάτι θα αναλάβουν
O typikos arxarios gentoontu user pou den tou douleyei o USB apoxymwths 
peristeriwn sto Linux, 8a psaksei na brei boh8eia sto site tou 
kataskeyasth tou hardware, 8a parei aytous thlefwno, ktl ktl. Aytoi 
xrewnontai telika to support - h toulaxiston ena megalo meros tou.

O typikos corporate user 8elei sobaro support kai to 8elei TWRA. Ayto 
DEN mporoun na to analaboun.

Gia poio logo nomizeis oti oloi oi kataskeyastes sobarou hardware 
(proxeira paradeigmata : emulex kai 3ware) *yposthrizoyn* mono RHEL kai 
pws-legetai-fetos-to-SUSE-enterprise? Kai milame gia hardware pou oi 
core drivers tou BRISKONTAI HDH ston mainstream kernel.

To corporate support einai POLY pio periplokh ypo8esh apo to "na h 
mailing list, grapse kai endexomenws me tis kayles twn linux developers 
ayth thn ebdomada, mporei kapoios na sou apanthsei".

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