After working with linux drivers for far too long, I’ve developed some strong opinions on the so-called “APIs” they implement.

  • Botzo@lemmy.world
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    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.

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      1 year ago

      If it “just works” with linux it’s probably using a standard protocol like LPR that you can just as easily use on MacOS without a driver. The driver is usually just for non-standard functionality like color level monitoring or scanner/AIO integration that you won’t get on Linux anyway.