Re: Debian hardware support and enablement for newer devices (was ThinkPad laptops preinstalled Linux)

2020-06-05 Thread Noah Meyerhans
On Fri, Jun 05, 2020 at 12:26:12PM +0200, Ansgar wrote: > > > As a project, how can we improve the current entry level to new > > > companies wanting support for their devices? > > > > Is the backports archive not sufficient for this? I see it doesn't > > contain mesa backports at this point and p

Re: Debian hardware support and enablement for newer devices (was ThinkPad laptops preinstalled Linux)

2020-06-05 Thread Ansgar
On Thu, 2020-06-04 at 02:31 +, Paul Wise wrote: > > As a project, how can we improve the current entry level to new > > companies wanting support for their devices? > > Is the backports archive not sufficient for this? I see it doesn't > contain mesa backports at this point and probably other

Re: Debian hardware support and enablement for newer devices (was ThinkPad laptops preinstalled Linux)

2020-06-03 Thread Paul Wise
On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 10:03 PM Hector Oron wrote: > There are more companies expecting better hardware support, this issue > is not limited to Lenovo, they are willing to pay consultancy time > and/or sponsor Debian events, however on volunteer premises, it has > been really hard to provide adequ

Debian hardware support and enablement for newer devices (was ThinkPad laptops preinstalled Linux)

2020-06-03 Thread Hector Oron
Hello, > > A shout out for Hector Martinez who has been helping me a whole bunch. > > Without his help I likely would have given up and wouldn't even be reading > > the threads on this forum. If there are more people like Hector > > (particularly in kernel, audio and graphics) let me know! > A