• nukul4r@feddit.de
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    10 months ago

    This is unexpected, and hits really hard. I tried to get one of his drivers running with a fairly new USB wifi adapter, I made a Github issue, and he was super kind and helpful. This was only in May, it feels unreal to read this news. What a terrible loss, my deepest condolences to his family and friends.

  • UserMeNever@feddit.nl
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    10 months ago

    I could not get this to quote right so I used code, but look at the footer that is unfortunate.

    * Re: Larry Finger
  2024-06-22 23:01 Larry Finger Denise Finger
@ 2024-06-23  5:47 ` Sirius
  2024-06-23 16:15 ` Rafał Miłecki
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Sirius @ 2024-06-23  5:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Denise Finger; +Cc: linux-wireless

On lör, 2024/06/22 at 18:01:23 GMT, Denise Finger wrote:
> This is to notify you that Larry Finger, one of your developers, passed
> away on June 21st.

Sincere condolences and our deepest sympathies for your loss.

-- 
Kind regards,

/S

    https://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/ds6wc3svkyre4p2rwg4f76o67xndazaeoyjwblhuzichscyxoz@5ttdvbymxr55/T/#mfd2f4928e0e013c10375ca766035c1385e18f8e0

    If the is something better. I hope you are there.

  • ducklingone@lemmy.today
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    10 months ago

    Wow Larry contributed to these old Broadcom drivers?! I’m using them to this day on my old macbook. RIP

  • potentiallynotfelix@lemdro.idEnglish
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    10 months ago

    im pretty sure i’ve used his drivers one time or another across my older macbooks or in one of my usb cards. RIP to Larry, I’m sure the linux community will miss his amazing contributions.

  • SayCyberOnceMore@feddit.ukEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I’m struggling with what appears to be buggy wifi on an old Lenovo laptop… I spent a moment just looking at the logs and appreciating whoever has spent time and energy trying to get this working, probably reverse engineering without any support… I wonder if that was Larry…?

  • MXX53@programming.dev
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    10 months ago

    If a random reddit post is correct and he was 84 years old, I can only hope to have the same drive and mental ability at that age. RIP.

    • Ghostface@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I still say the elderly is ripe for development. Not having an issue sitting or standing for long periods of time. Plus the constant problem solving.

      There should be a way to get seniors to work with and foss keystone foss projects.

      Not to mention after they start its the monthly group meeting…