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minus-squareSwizzleSticklinkfedilinkEnglish29•9 hours agoBack in the day it just worked because you bought a card with a supported chip… or you had to do some ungodly things with ndiswrapper to get the Windows driver loaded. I think back then I was using wicd as well. It’s come a long way.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish14•9 hours agoOmfg I remember ndiswrapper, how the fuck did that thing even work. Loading a windows driver on Linux???
Back in the day it just worked because you bought a card with a supported chip… or you had to do some ungodly things with ndiswrapper to get the Windows driver loaded.
I think back then I was using wicd as well.
It’s come a long way.
Omfg I remember ndiswrapper, how the fuck did that thing even work. Loading a windows driver on Linux???