Dell’s gamble on Linux laptops has paid off

Re:Dell’s gamble on Linux laptops has paid off by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Thursday November 16, 2017 @10:33AM (#15713422)

They might do, if Linux wasn't so hostile to the concept of proprietary drivers and had a stable driver ABI.

Not that I necessarily disagree with their position on the matter, but you can't escape the consequences.

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Re:Dell’s gamble on Linux laptops has paid off by vetinari on Thursday November 16, 2017 @04:49PM (#15716988)

Well, there would be another kind of consequences. See Android, where there are proprietary drivers and most of them are buggy crap thrown over the wall.

There is also a reason, why Apple won't ship hardware or drivers, that they don't have source for.

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Re:Dell’s gamble on Linux laptops has paid off by em3rgent0rdr on Thursday November 16, 2017 @11:50PM (#15719016)

I'm not sure "Linux" (by this I believe you mean Linux kernel and distros & open-source software) is hostile to the concept of proprietary drivers. There is only a small subset of users who are hostile to proprietary drivers. And I have no idea why you are suggesting Linux doesn't have a stable ABI.

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Re:Dell’s gamble on Linux laptops has paid off by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Friday November 17, 2017 @09:33AM (#15722228)

Because for drivers, it doesn't and never did and never will as long as Linus has anything to say about it. This is in stark contrast to his position on userland ABI, which is so stable you can still run Motif.

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Re:Dell’s gamble on Linux laptops has paid off by em3rgent0rdr on Saturday November 18, 2017 @06:40PM (#15731326)

Ok, that sounds like a fair criticism.

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