From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ng0 Subject: Re: Leaving the guix project Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2017 11:57:31 +0000 Message-ID: <20170311115731.wqok4kns3laxu4yj@abyayala> References: <87pohuyc1f.fsf@gnu.org> <874lz0err8.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57172) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cmea4-0005NJ-8Y for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Mar 2017 05:49:01 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cmea0-0002yp-87 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Mar 2017 05:49:00 -0500 Received: from fragranza.investici.org ([2a00:1dc0:2479::19]:53072) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cmeZz-0002yB-Q0 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Mar 2017 05:48:56 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <874lz0err8.fsf@gnu.org> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Cc: guix-devel , David Craven Ludovic Court=C3=A8s transcribed 1.6K bytes: [=E2=80=A6]=20 > Perhaps you take hardware support in GNU/Linux for granted. When I > started using GNU/Linux, things like sound support or graphics mode > support or webcams would often be missing=E2=80=94things were a lot mor= e > difficult in practice. It=E2=80=99s the dedicated work of volunteers t= hat > brought us drivers for all this. I remember the struggle of getting wifi to work on Zenwalk with no easy internet access to search for what works and what doesn't, and the support was super limited in the late 90s / early 2000s. What we have in 2017 is a mountain of resources, yet I still hope for intel to become supported out of the box in -libre, some support for AC wifi, etc. I like your decision to work closer on hardware, David. If I had the personal resources for it, I'd work my way towards it aswell. I wish you all the best for your new efforts and projects, maybe our paths cross again in this small world of hacking. [=E2=80=A6] > Ludo=E2=80=99. >=20