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Linux's Sole Wireless/WiFi Driver Maintainer Is Stepping Down (www.phoronix.com)
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[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 30 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's not like the driver is going to stop working.

[–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Even if the OS gets updated?

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

If the ABI changes, it'll break. I was mainly addressing the "on a ledge" part of the comment, where they seemed to be talking much more short term.