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minus-squarelemmytellyousomething@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 months agoWhy? I don’t understand. Doesn’t it have any update mechanism for that?
minus-squarePossibly linuxlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·10 months agoThey mean that the device manufacturer and or hardware vendors are no longer putting out updates for the proprietary blobs.
minus-squarePantherina@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoI dont know if it even has to be proprietary. Vendors need to sign the firmware too. Yeah, really bad.
minus-squarePossibly linuxlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months agoThat’s why we work to mainline devices. It is very hard and there are only a handful of devices that work with mainline Linux but it simplifies a lot of things.
Why? I don’t understand. Doesn’t it have any update mechanism for that?
They mean that the device manufacturer and or hardware vendors are no longer putting out updates for the proprietary blobs.
I dont know if it even has to be proprietary. Vendors need to sign the firmware too.
Yeah, really bad.
That’s why we work to mainline devices. It is very hard and there are only a handful of devices that work with mainline Linux but it simplifies a lot of things.