[oi-dev] [discuss] Thank you for the new Donations to OpenIndiana

[Joshua M. Clulow]

On Tue, 7 Oct 2025 at 00:31, Atiq Rahman <atiqcx at gmail.com> wrote:
> > the rule is the older the better
> I was expecting a response like this from someone here.
>
> Generally, isn't it a bad idea to suggest using older hardware instead
> of improving the software? This kind of thinking is typical of large,
> bureaucratic evil corp (you know who I mean) and often harms users.
> I'm surprised to see it's crept into the OI/Illumos community.

The thing is, this is an open source community with limited resources.
Stephan was just trying to help by suggesting something that does work
for them.  Stephan also correctly pointed out that unless a person who
wants support for modern GPUs works on the DRM/KMS port, then modern
GPUs are not going to work.

That person could be you.  You could start right now!  Casting shade
on the motives of other community members is unlikely to convince them
to do it for you, though.


Cheers.

-- 
Joshua M. Clulow
http://blog.sysmgr.org