• WagnasT@iusearchlinux.fyiEnglish
    50·
    1 年前

    we need laws that require companies to unlock boot loaders when they drop support, or at least provide the means to do so.

  • rshalom@kbin.social
    261·
    1 年前

    Not really true. Plenty of Linux distributions dropped 32bit support years ago and 32bit systems are a lot younger than 20 years (last ones were some Intel Atoms released around 2010).

    • jmcs@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      29·
      1 年前

      When talking about Linux desktops it includes distros like Debian, who will support i386 until, at least 2028. Even some fast moving distros like OpenSuse Tumbleweed still support i386.

    • Hellfire103@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
      5·
      1 年前

      I have Linux running strongly on two laptops from 2007. If I still had my old Dell from 2003, I’d bet I could get the latest Puppy Linux running on it. Maybe even something like Debian or Arch32, if I maxed out the RAM.

      • DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        1 年前

        I’m inclined to do this with my old iMac and MacBook from 12 years ago, but I can’t think of anything to do with them after. Donate them maybe?

      • notTheCat@lemmy.fmhy.netEnglish
        2·
        1 年前

        I’ve tried Arch32 a while ago, the project isn’t that well maintained (like I appreciate they’re trying), I’ve had MX Linux before, worked great, just a bit outdated, I moved my 32bit machine to Void Linux, it seems to have the best support yet ! I’m running cutting edge kernel and dev tools on that old fart

    • thejodie@programming.devEnglish
      51·
      1 年前

      “32bit systems are a lot younger than 20 years”

      I don’t follow. The i386 is almost 40 years old now. Can you elaborate?

    • Astroturfed@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 年前

      Ya, 64 bit was becoming more common/standard 16ish years ago with vista right? I remember I had to get vista even though I didn’t want to because it had support for 64 but.

  • tabularasa@lemmy.worldEnglish
    242·
    1 年前

    Chromebooks, if they fit into the use case, are fantastic. All day battery life, boot instantly, seamless migrations to a new device. I got one of these for my parents, grandparents, etc, and I’ll never look back.

    • Astroturfed@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 年前

      And windows works fine for most tech illiterate people who just need to use the web and type up word docs/use Excel. Most normal folks aren’t tech literate enough or have no reason to bother.

  • chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    12·
    1 年前

    I replaced ChromeOS with Linux forever ago when they dropped support for my hardware. It would be a brick if not for Linux.

    • Hellfire103@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
      132·
      1 年前

      So does Android. It’s been torn apart and locked down so much, however, that it becomes a totally different OS.

      • theshatterstone54@feddit.ukEnglish
        1·
        1 年前

        Yes. Still is. Don’t kniw why you were downvoted. Maybe some people are confusing the ChromeOS base with Crostini (a Debian container)

  • sloppy_diffuser@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    5·
    1 年前

    Forgot my laptop charger at the office for a week long event this past week and no time to recover it from the office. Had a 13 year old system76 laptop in the closet. Grabbed a spare external SSD (had an internal HDD), put the latest version of Ubuntu on it, and it worked flawlessly for the week without an issue. I maintain a dotfiles repo and keep backups of everything on b2 using rclone that encrypts/decrypts the files. Took less than hour to have my entire workflow ready to go on a new install without relying on proprietary spyware (icloud/one drive).

    • Astroturfed@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      1 年前

      That’s great except that all sounds like some crazy complex jibberish to most folks. Unfortunately most of the public needs a no technical skills required workstation.

      • sloppy_diffuser@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        1 年前

        You make a solid point. I don’t know shit about fixing cars and I am a decade behind on home repair skills after spending most of my life geeking out on Linux.

        In the middle I suppose their is an argument to be made that software support doesn’t need to stop after a few years. Point I was trying to convey, which I admit is just one anecdote, is that my modern setup worked flawlessly on hardware older than 10 years.

  • CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    31·
    1 年前

    I have a pc so old that updates can’t be done anymore as the CPU is almost 30 now and the architecture isn’t supported anymore…

    (its basically my personal Museum)

  • Draconic NEO@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    1·
    9 个月前

    Unless you used Ubuntu 32 bit, then they’ll just drop you like a sack of potatoes, in that regard Canonical is no better than Google