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    submitted 1 year ago by MooseBoys@lemmy.world to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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    After working with linux drivers for far too long, I’ve developed some strong opinions on the so-called “APIs” they implement.

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    [–] tills13@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

    Sorry isn't Linus the one that always says "never break user code"? Or are you complaining about how you actually use those APIs?

    Plus I've seen many, many shitty closed source APIs. You are conflating correlation and causation.

    [–] jxk@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Linux: Of course you can use these syscalls designed in the 70s. Windows: Compatibility with what? No, you must use these newly-designed functions that exist only on windows. It's for your own protection.

    Tell me again how proprietary software gives a shit about compatibility.

    [–] MooseBoys@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

    “Backwards compatibility” is a totally different thing from “cross compatibility”. Of course proprietary software is going to be less cross-compatible.

    [–] Botzo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

    My 14+ year old laser printer "just works" on the latest linux kernel. It has been several years since MacOS supported installing the last driver binary created for it.

    [–] darcy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    yeah because windows is a shining example of a great api

    [–] lemann@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

    Some super old version of GIMP will run on both XP and Win11.

    I had to modify and recompile my laptop's Broadcom WLAN driver for it to run on the latest kernel.

    Fight me 🤪

    [–] smpl@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

    With the risk of breaking the internet, I see no reason to fight someone who is wrong.

    [–] nothacking@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

    If you don't bother to provide any argument, I won't bother to argue.