this post was submitted on 30 Oct 2024
439 points (95.4% liked)

linuxmemes

21255 readers
928 users here now

Hint: :q!

Sister communities:

Community rules (click to expand)

1. Follow the site-wide rules

2. Be civil
  • Understand the difference between a joke and an insult.
  • Do not harrass or attack members of the community for any reason.
  • Leave remarks of "peasantry" to the PCMR community. If you dislike an OS/service/application, attack the thing you dislike, not the individuals who use it. Some people may not have a choice.
  • Bigotry will not be tolerated.
  • These rules are somewhat loosened when the subject is a public figure. Still, do not attack their person or incite harrassment.
    • 3. Post Linux-related content
  • Including Unix and BSD.
  • Non-Linux content is acceptable as long as it makes a reference to Linux. For example, the poorly made mockery of sudo in Windows.
  • No porn. Even if you watch it on a Linux machine.
    • 4. No recent reposts
  • Everybody uses Arch btw, can't quit Vim, and wants to interject for a moment. You can stop now.

    • Please report posts and comments that break these rules!

    founded 1 year ago
    MODERATORS
    poopsmith@lemmy.world
    zephyr@lemmy.world
    rtxn@lemmy.world
    439
    Micro$oft doing pretty good job advertsiting Linux and FOSS! Keep going! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ (lemmy.world)
    submitted 2 weeks ago by trespasser69@lemmy.world to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
    88 comments fedilink hide all child comments
     
    you are viewing a single comment's thread
    view the rest of the comments
    [โ€“] nek0d3r@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (13 children)

    Most issues stand, and fuck Windows generally, but honestly I don't quite understand the issue with dropping support for older versions of Windows. Linux distros also do this, so much software does this, it's just not practical or reasonable to manage all your versions of your software forever.

    [โ€“] dsilverz@thelemmy.club 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

    The difference is that the Linux distros won't force the user to upgrade with annoying popups or similar. The difference is that the newer versions of Linux distros won't have hardware requirements that will force the user to buy a new Pc altogether and contributing to e-waste.

    [โ€“] nek0d3r@lemmy.world -2 points 1 week ago

    The newer versions may be bad, but criticizing them for those bad features makes more sense than demonizing the concept of support cycles

    load more comments (11 replies)