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Way back in the olde tymes, I was having trouble with the NIC driver in my Linux install. I posted a question about it on USENET, and got a reply from the guy who wrote the drivers. He asked for some info about the card, then updated the driver to support it.
Shoutout to whoever maintained my wifi drivers before i switched to ethernet (i forgot who they are lol)
A lot of Linux drivers are like this - just one or two people maintaining them. They usually eventually mainline the driver rather than having a separate Git repo though.
This is the link to the GitHub repository h̶t̶t̶p̶s̶:̶/̶/̶g̶i̶t̶h̶u̶b̶.̶c̶o̶m̶/̶m̶o̶r̶r̶o̶w̶n̶r̶/̶8̶8̶1̶2̶a̶u̶-̶2̶0̶2̶1̶0̶6̶2̶9̶ Give them a star.
(I also looked for a donation link, but couldn't find one.)
Shoutout to this guy for maintaining my mainboards temperature sensors and pwn fan headers: https://github.com/Fred78290/nct6687d
Without this and https://github.com/codifryed/coolercontrol my PC was either a jet engine from the sounds or a nuclear reactor from heat constipation.
Software discoverability on linux sucks so much omg. I was looking for something like coolercontrol for almost forever and I find it now that I dont need it anymore.
Fred78290 is the man. Much better than Fred78920
For all we know, he does wear a cape.
I wish capes were socially acceptable to wear again
just wear them already
I'd settle for a cloak. A nice leather, or heavy woollen cloak would be amazing for being outside on cold evenings.
Unfortunately, they are still seen as dark and 'edgy'. Moreso even than a trenchcoat. ☹️
Stop giving so many fucks about what other people think about your fashion. You do you, fam.
Maybe a rainbow unicorn cloak?
Tempting... Unfortunately, I don't think I could pull it off. You need a certain... force of personality to pull off something like that. I'm just not outgoing (or skilled!) enough to pull off a full Thom Merrilin look.
Be the change you want to see.
And get stuck in turbines and shit?
Break away fasteners are a thing now. Line it with some Kevlar fibre and some good thermal insulation/fire resistance and you have an amazing utility device.
In public, it billows behind you, making you look dashing and heroic. When the shit hits the fan, instant bullet resistant cover for civilians. A way to shield them from the heat of a fire, or a small explosion. You could even use it offensively to tangle or deceive an opponent!
Imagine if you suddenly get cornered by a runaway bull. What would you do without a cape?
That works but the fastener can't be metal. Come across somebody with magnetic powers or for some reason the metal gets heated up and welds to itself... Bad times. But I think you're onto something.
Agreed on the metal clips. Getting garrotted by your own safety system would be extremely detrimental in a fight. Though saying that, if you're in a fight with a metal telekinetic, you're either screwed, or strong enough to not care about the clip.
You should talk to that guy who made bulletproof Kimonos for Steven Seagal
There is absolutely no way in hell a bullet-proof cape is billowing in the wind.
It won't stop a direct shot, but it would help against ricochet and shrapnel.
Back during the Napoleonic wars, silk underlayers were highly sought after. They could limit the damage a musket ball could do.
A spider silk based cape could definitely help projectile damage, while still being able to billow. The challenge would be making it fire and heat proof as well.
Someone is trying to be a real word superhero.
lucky for me I don't often interact with things like that
How about revolving doors?
Or doors on a bus, or elevator, or escalator (depends on the length of the cape)
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Shoutout to https://github.com/clnhub/rtl8192eu-linux for monitor mode and packet injection <3
Wait i think that was the wifi driver i used
Well, I'll give him a star :-)
And shoutout for this one too: https://github.com/tomaspinho/rtl8821ce
Otherwise I wouldn't have a functional WiFi card either.
I use this too on my laptop.
Send your thanks directly to the maintainer (preferably email/mastadon/twitter/etc, not a ticket)! Open source maintainers don't get a lot of positive direct feedback.
And if you have some coins to spare, don’t hesitate to donate 😊 it’s hard spending time for no money in this world right now.
One of the best parts about Linux. So much is open source which means your 20 year old hardware still likely has support.
Unfortunately, the RTL8812AU isn't 20 year old hardware (then it might get a pass) - it's current gen stuff
Its these kind of people that give me hope
The astounding thing is history is full of these types of people when you peel back the “couple great men” narrative of history and actually look at how good things happened, it is kind of bewildering.
To be honest, yes. In general, not just tech or Linux related stuff. You look at humanity and what it has come down to, and then you notice these people... and hope fills your heart again.
The vast majority of my open source projects, I'm the only user. I release it open source because back in the day, GitHub only allowed open source projects if you want to use it.
But another reason is the hope that someone will find it helpful. If not the project itself but maybe the code.
I have one project that has a significant following and honestly it's sometimes very scary because I might not want to keep it updated because of my own interests changing.
Shoutout to screenshot tools
There's such a lot of those heroes! I have some weird USB WiFi thing and there's someone maintaining a driver for it!
Yo I'm looking for something like that right now for Linux, what's the name of it??
This is a list of USB WiFi cards endorsed by FSF
Ohhh, I thought it was like a PDAnet alternative lol. Thanks anyways!
Wifi dongle?
