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| From | vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy |
| Subject | Re: Old Hardware |
| Date | 2024-12-19 23:48 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <lsjpm6F2f0oU2@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <pan$9505a$d037b8eb$bc31d320$63334f69@linux.rocks> |
On Thu, 19 Dec 2024 21:35:57 +0000, Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> wrote in <pan$9505a$d037b8eb$bc31d320$63334f69@linux.rocks>: > 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 "The world is so big and so global now."
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Re: Old Hardware Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2024-12-20 10:02 -0500
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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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