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arrow-up1209arrow-down1external-linkThe Linux Kernel Preparing To Drop Infrastructure For Old & Obsolete Graphics Drivers - Phoronixwww.phoronix.comMike@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 2 years agomessage-square64fedilink
minus-squareLettuce eat lettuce@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up37arrow-down4·2 years agoLol you haven’t upgraded your GPU since the late 90’s?
minus-squaredb2@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down7·2 years agoYou know there’s a whole hobby of keeping older hardware running, right?
minus-squareaxum@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up36arrow-down1·2 years agoYou’re free to use legacy kernels or run your own fork.
minus-squareLettuce eat lettuce@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up28·edit-22 years agoYou know that you can use older versions of the Linux kernel, right?
minus-squaredb2@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down7·2 years agoYou know security vulnerabilities are a thing, right?
minus-squareLettuce eat lettuce@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·2 years agoI know what you mean, I’m so pissed that my 1978 Space Invaders arcade machine doesn’t even support WiFi-6.
minus-squareRadioactive Radio@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-22 years agoYou know there’s nothing to gain by hacking those old systems, right?
minus-squareNaN@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31arrow-down3·2 years agoIf only they contributed to the kernel maintenance workload.
minus-squaredemonsword@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-22 years agoI doubt any hardware 25+ years can even run a modern vanilla linux kernel, you’d have to compile it yourself with some serious customization for it even work
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’re free to use legacy kernels or run your own fork.
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.
Fuckin a
You know there’s nothing to gain by hacking those old systems, right?
If only they contributed to the kernel maintenance workload.
I doubt any hardware 25+ years can even run a modern vanilla linux kernel, you’d have to compile it yourself with some serious customization for it even work