Turns out the reply in my thread telling me the best way to combat not caring about Linux is to care about Linux was absolutely correct.

I picked up a laptop, installed Linux Mint Cinnamon, and I’m already obsessed. I haven’t had this much fun with a PC in a long time and it’s just a cheapo Dell Inspiron 3520.

  • jozep@lemmy.world
    29·
    9 months ago

    That’s because it is not :) especially since many WiFi card vendors do not give documentation so writing a driver for it is basically impossible.

    • embed_me@programming.dev
      3·
      9 months ago

      I’m learning to write kernel device drivers, are you saying that it is possible to write your own wifi drivers …

      How common is it for manufacturers to provide the necessary wifi chip information?

      • AstridWipenaugh@lemmy.world
        7·
        9 months ago

        You can even write your own OS from the ground up. Everything is possible with enough time and reverse engineering. But is it a good idea? Usually not.