Re: Old Hardware

From	vallor <vallor@cultnix.org>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject	Re: Old Hardware
Date	2024-12-19 23:48 +0000
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On Thu, 19 Dec 2024 21:35:57 +0000, Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> wrote in
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> I hear a lot of ignoramus assholes talk about how GNU/Linux is the
> savior of old, and obsolescent, hardware.
> 
> That certainly is true, but not how these assholes believe.
> 
> GNU/Linux can indeed accommodate any old hardware configuration, but
> don't expect the average distro to do it.
> 
> Example:
> 
> Let's say that you want floppy disk access.  Floppy disks have been
> obsolete for many, many years, but GNU/Linux can easily provide access.
> 
> But not through the average fucking distro!

Linux Mint:

$ modinfo floppy | head -15
filename:       /lib/modules/6.12.6/kernel/drivers/block/floppy.ko
alias:          block-major-2-*
license:        GPL
description:    Normal floppy disk support
author:         Alain L. Knaff
srcversion:     4E043AC02575D63C156F3CD
alias:          acpi*:PNP0700:*
alias:          pnp:dPNP0700*
depends:        
intree:         Y
name:           floppy
retpoline:      Y
vermagic:       6.12.6 SMP preempt mod_unload modversions 
sig_id:         PKCS#7
signer:         Build time autogenerated kernel key
 _ _ _ _ _ _ _

> Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

If my system had a floppy disk, it would be "plug and play".

But not on your system.

You lose.  Again.

-- 
-v System76 Thelio Mega v1.1 x86_64 NVIDIA RTX 3090 Ti
   OS: Linux 6.12.6 Release: Mint 21.3 Mem: 258G
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Old Hardware Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2024-12-19 21:35 +0000
  Re: Old Hardware Physfitfreak <physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2024-12-19 15:52 -0600
    Re: Old Hardware CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2024-12-19 17:22 -0500
    Re: Old Hardware Farley Flud <fsquared@fsquared.linux> - 2024-12-20 11:12 +0000
      Re: Old Hardware DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> - 2024-12-20 09:25 -0500
      Re: Old Hardware Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2024-12-20 10:02 -0500
        Re: Old Hardware CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2024-12-20 10:25 -0500
      Re: Old Hardware Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2024-12-20 21:09 +0000
      Re: Old Hardware Physfitfreak <physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2024-12-20 17:31 -0600
    Re: Old Hardware candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-12-21 01:50 +0000
  Re: Old Hardware vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2024-12-19 23:48 +0000
    Re: Old Hardware Farley Flud <fsquared@fsquared.linux> - 2024-12-20 11:19 +0000
      Re: Old Hardware Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2024-12-20 07:37 -0500
        Re: Old Hardware Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2024-12-20 21:19 +0000
          Re: Old Hardware Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2024-12-20 21:38 +0000
          Re: Old Hardware Physfitfreak <physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2024-12-20 17:33 -0600
      Re: Old Hardware Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2024-12-20 21:00 +0000
        Re: Old Hardware Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2024-12-20 21:28 +0000
          Re: Old Hardware Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2024-12-20 21:51 +0000
    Re: Old Hardware Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2024-12-20 07:34 -0500

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