this post was submitted on 08 Nov 2025
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[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 42 points 2 weeks ago

Hat's off to the initiative.

[–] wander1236@sh.itjust.works 41 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

The year is 13567. Asus has released a laptop with a new Realtek audio chipset that doesn't work on Linux.

[–] ImgurRefugee114@reddthat.com 4 points 2 weeks ago

More like Faketek amirite

[–] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 16 points 2 weeks ago

I wish github provides a better way to ask for money and to pay out bug bounties .. (no I'm not talking about sponsorships)

[–] Prove_your_argument@piefed.social 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Still not as much as it costs to buy one of those laptops, so I doubt this will get much attention unless someone is generous.

[–] MadhuGururajan@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago

maybe the donor is generous and wishes the problem to be solved for more than one laptop. The benefits compound and for example avoid e-waste.