Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Linux hits a snag as Intel employees maintaining some of its drivers are laid off Date: 15 Aug 2025 08:33:42 GMT Lines: 20 Message-ID: References: <107kmkc$fjp8$1@dont-email.me> <689e5392@news.ausics.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net Cl9URwZf6sT4bWuRZbCJQguQ6fn3/rYPMJEFl+ZD2MWI7P8Q5q Cancel-Lock: sha1:wzQTWrmPbOdBgSKLaSRF0nT7rlE= sha256:X+3jOT6FniPtlcZOGZbL5DgstvhxJdvpJq8EBlfewD0= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:71182 On 15 Aug 2025 07:22:26 +1000, Computer Nerd Kev wrote: > John McCue wrote: >> rbowman wrote: >>> https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-trouble-intel-employees-drivers- laid-off/ >> >> What I do not understand about this, why can't the Linux Foundation >> hire them ? > > Well Intel are one of the top sponsors of the Linux Foundation too: > https://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/members > > (buggy Javascript required, and that made Firefox fill up all my PC's > RAM and freeze, so I had to kill it. Just to display some company logos. > Huff! I wouldn't choose Linux as my OS based on that website!) That truly is a gem. Brave hit 140% of the CPU before I killed the tab. (I didn't pass the flag to top that breaks out the usage by cores, so the 140%)