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My first contribution to Linux

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642 points vkoskiv | 2 comments | 06 Oct 25 12:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.416s | source
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pankalog ◴[09 Oct 25 17:53 UTC] No.45530894[source]▶
If I had no problem with devoting the time and money, contributing to the kernel (especially in a topic as obscure as making the extra buttons work on a 20-year-old laptop) is at the top of my bucket list, and I am definitely going to be doing it in the near future when my calendar clears up a bit.

Exquisite write-up and OP's simple writing has a motivating ring to it, and I'm now on the local used marketplace looking for pieces of tech like this :-)

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1. MaKey ◴[10 Oct 25 01:27 UTC] No.45534675[source]▶
What I did was buy a wifi router with a chipset supported by OpenWrt but with no build target yet. One of the OpenWrt maintainers then guided me in what I had to do to get the info he needed for a patch. I followed his instructions, he wrote the patch and there it was, a new build target. Later I wrote a patch myself to fix the LED control. It was a rewarding and educational experience. Later I even found someone using OpenWrt on the router I helped get supported which put a smile on my face.
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2. a96 ◴[10 Oct 25 11:55 UTC] No.45537884[source]▶
Nice! That's something I've kind of thought I should try one day. Unsupported routers aren't exactly hard to come by these days.