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.

  • 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.