Post AP1fPdJ5SVOfposGMS by grantonthenet@social.linux.pizza
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(DIR) Post #AP0wSUz4MbSaxAVHEG by fsf@hostux.social
2022-10-28T04:00:12Z
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Need to know whether a piece of hardware is supported by free software? #hNode has you covered! Its search engine will help you verify #freesoftware compatibility. https://u.fsf.org/3ui
(DIR) Post #AP0zgMBaAgz7aCejXE by grantonthenet@social.linux.pizza
2022-10-28T04:36:19Z
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@fsf where would i even start with attempting to make a free driver for something
(DIR) Post #AP1I060znmTIOfGZE0 by bugimaginary@social.dev-wiki.de
2022-10-28T08:01:25Z
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@fsf #SCp
(DIR) Post #AP1KtI0R7ZOLQCRzo8 by SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo
2022-10-28T08:34:00.950Z
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@grantonthenet@social.linux.pizza First, learn C and Assembly. Then start reverse engineering proprietary drivers line by line. Good luck.
(DIR) Post #AP1fPdJ5SVOfposGMS by grantonthenet@social.linux.pizza
2022-10-28T12:20:28Z
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@SuperDicq thanks i'll need it
(DIR) Post #AP1fPdw57WaZml7P8q by SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo
2022-10-28T12:23:58.084Z
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@grantonthenet@social.linux.pizza Personally I would suggest not to start on this journey alone, but join an existing group like a team that works on the Linux kernel or a team from Freedesktop that works on Radeonhd or Nouveau drivers.I'm sure if you speak to someone over there and say you want to contribute they can probably teach you a lot of things to get started.
(DIR) Post #AP25vWOnH8dWU8PSwC by kQuote03@mastodon.social
2022-10-28T17:15:44Z
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@fsf It definitely needs some sort of rating of how well something works.For example GTX9XX and + cards are listed as 'working with 3D acceleration' which is technically true but the performance is much worse than the nonfree driver.