Generally it's the hardware vendor's job to write the OS drivers and everything. Microsoft only provides support for common, industry-standard peripherals. Qualcomm, NXP, Intel, AMD, etc., all had to write their own drivers for the rest of the stuff.
It's the same thing with any other OS, really.
By "The Pi was not designed to run anything other than Linux." - I meant that the hardware is designed in such (non-standard) ways that realistically you have no option other than Linux. It's open and you can hack in support for pretty much any piece of HW. You also benefit from its popularity and large number of already existing drivers written by other individuals or companies.
Sure, there are alternatives like the BSDs, but Pi support (Arm in general..) there is quite frankly, mediocre. And it won't ever get better without investment.
It's the same thing with any other OS, really.
By "The Pi was not designed to run anything other than Linux." - I meant that the hardware is designed in such (non-standard) ways that realistically you have no option other than Linux. It's open and you can hack in support for pretty much any piece of HW. You also benefit from its popularity and large number of already existing drivers written by other individuals or companies.
Sure, there are alternatives like the BSDs, but Pi support (Arm in general..) there is quite frankly, mediocre. And it won't ever get better without investment.
Statistics: Posted by ghostr1der — Sun Jun 23, 2024 2:29 am