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minus-squareAvid Amoeba@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-28 months agoSo much for the legendary hardware support of Linux! Edit: Forgot “/s”, but look at this lively discussion!
minus-squareLettuce eat lettuce@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoLol you haven’t upgraded your GPU since the late 90’s?
minus-squaredb2@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoYou know there’s a whole hobby of keeping older hardware running, right?
minus-squareLettuce eat lettuce@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-28 months agoYou know that you can use older versions of the Linux kernel, right?
minus-squaredb2@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoYou know security vulnerabilities are a thing, right?
minus-squareLettuce eat lettuce@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoI know what you mean, I’m so pissed that my 1978 Space Invaders arcade machine doesn’t even support WiFi-6.
minus-squareaxum@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoYou’re free to use legacy kernels or run your own fork.
minus-squareNaN@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoIf only they contributed to the kernel maintenance workload.
So much for the legendary hardware support of Linux!
Edit: Forgot “/s”, but look at this lively discussion!
Lol you haven’t upgraded your GPU since the late 90’s?
You know there’s a whole hobby of keeping older hardware running, right?
You know that you can use older versions of the Linux kernel, right?
You know security vulnerabilities are a thing, right?
I know what you mean, I’m so pissed that my 1978 Space Invaders arcade machine doesn’t even support WiFi-6.
You’re free to use legacy kernels or run your own fork.
If only they contributed to the kernel maintenance workload.