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minus-square@Tja@programming.devlinkfedilink12•7 days agoNDISWrapper… Those were the days. I’m still astonished such a hack even worked at all. Basically magic.
minus-square@MajorHavoc@programming.devlinkfedilink5•edit-27 days agoNDISWrapper was a big turning point for me - the first time I got Linux working and kept it for the life of the hardware, it was due to NDISWrapper.
minus-square@friend_of_satan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•7 days agoFuckin seriously! I worked on WiFi back then and when I saw that my jaw hit the floor. Mad hacking skills, as in mad ability to find a solution within a crazy landscape.
NDISWrapper… Those were the days. I’m still astonished such a hack even worked at all. Basically magic.
NDISWrapper was a big turning point for me - the first time I got Linux working and kept it for the life of the hardware, it was due to NDISWrapper.
Fuckin seriously! I worked on WiFi back then and when I saw that my jaw hit the floor. Mad hacking skills, as in mad ability to find a solution within a crazy landscape.