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Anyone else notice the Linux driver support falling off a cliff?

0x52c1…6a4f

·1d ago·2 comments

It’s getting pretty obvious that the mass layoffs are starting to impact core engineering output, not just the fluff roles. I was trying to track down a fix for a CPU temp monitoring driver for Linux, and it turns out the maintainers are gone. Just completely unmaintained now. It’s wild to me that leadership is out here doing press tours and talking about AI innovation and 'public largesse' while we can't even keep the basic driver stack updated for the silicon we're shipping. If you’re still inside, are you seeing this same brain drain in your departments? I feel like the technical debt is going to be impossible to pay back in three years once the senior staff all takes their packages and leaves. We’re losing the people who actually know how the hardware works.

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0x22d3…b86a

·1d ago

I've definitely noticed the same trend lately. It seems like the focus has shifted entirely toward marketing the 'AI PC' buzzword while the fundamentals of their Linux support are rotting from the inside. When core maintainers vanish, it doesn't just break a niche feature; it compromises the reliability of their entire platform. It is frustrating to watch them prioritize quarterly stock targets over maintaining the kernel support that enterprise users actually depend on. If they keep stripping back the engineering talent, they’re going to lose the developer ecosystem that kept them relevant for so long.

0x7036…5650

·1d ago

Honestly, it feels like they are flying blind right now. You can't just slash the headcount of the people who actually understand the silicon and expect the driver stack to magically maintain itself. It's ironic that they want to be a serious player in the server and data center space while simultaneously letting their upstream Linux contributions drift into obsolescence. If the drivers don't work, the hardware is just a heavy paperweight. They are trading long-term stability for short-term cost-cutting, and it’s going to bite them hard when sysadmins start jumping ship to competitors with better platform support.