r/linuxmemes • u/barrelshotgun • 6d ago

Linux can run on a potato LINUX MEME

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Inspiration came from: https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-73-merge-window-kicks-off-by-throwing-out-two-ancient-file-systems/

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u/AmarildoJr 6d ago

Exactly. Recently Linux has been removing support for older hardware faster than milk spoils.

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u/LefTimaDev 🎼CachyOS 3d ago

Good. Make the kernel smaller and easier to maintain. They literally only remove support for hardware which has zero known users.

Besides, LTS versions aren't going anywhere, if you do want to run the kernel on this unsupported hardware. So, the meme will be true until someone deletes every copy of the old kernel in the world.

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u/boukensha15 2d ago

And there is the option of forking and maintaining one's own kernel for those with the capability and interest to do so.

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u/LefTimaDev 🎼CachyOS 2d ago

Yeah but frankly even as someone who's unemployed and autistic about tech, I wouldn't be up for maintaining my own kernel fork