Re: How Long Since Last Kernel Update

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From	not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev)
Subject	Re: How Long Since Last Kernel Update
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
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Date	2025-01-16 07:25 +1000
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Lars Poulsen <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com> wrote:
> While reading that, I came about this article,
> https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/14/the_end_of_absolute_linux/

For "smallest, simplest, lightest-weight distros", my pick has been
Tiny Core Linux FWIW.

> I recently had one of my photo management program scripts break.
> In iOS 18, Apple made some subtle changes is their use of the .HEIC
> file format, causing libheif to fail. I had to go out and find
> the Fedora Rawhide version of the fixed libheif, and all is good
> again. Kudos to .so libraries. But when I build programs to give to
> others, it would be much easier if I could link them statically
> rather than track down all the dependencies to make sure to help
> my "clients" find them before they can use my program.

It works so long as you stick to libraries that support static
linking, or pay for the privilege in the case of Qt. Building a
full-featured Linux distro on just software that statically links
would be really hard though.

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    Re: How Long Since Last Kernel Update Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-01-14 23:52 +0000
      Re: How Long Since Last Kernel Update vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2025-01-15 01:37 +0000
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          Re: How Long Since Last Kernel Update vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2025-01-15 02:51 +0000
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              Re: How Long Since Last Kernel Update not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-01-16 07:25 +1000
    Re: How Long Since Last Kernel Update vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2025-01-16 18:29 +0000
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