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The interface IS the source code

Posted Apr 28, 2006 4:39 UTC (Fri) by turpie (guest, #5219)
In reply to: The interface IS the source code by dododge
Parent article: Some notes on Linux and free drivers

How often does that actually happen?
I would think that usually you would be able to install an older distribution and then upgrade the kernel to get support for peripherals.

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