But is it really Window’s fault when a software vendor decides not to support a newer Windows version, or a manager thinks cutting costs by not renewing a support contract is a great idea? I’ve seen plenty of software fail to compile on Linux because of, for example, slightly newer (or older) glibc versions being present. It’s not as if using Linux means software will run magically run on every version out there.
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REDACTED@infosec.pub 3 days agoI can almost guarantee you the oldest running windows PC is older than the oldest running linux PC due to software that can’t be re-compiled and brought to newer hardware/OS. Think hospitals, factories, etc… Granted, this argument does not work in favor of windows, it’s like
Aganim@lemmy.world 3 days ago
justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
That is the problem which containers initially were to tackle. Before I always ran into the issue that two programs need two different versions of a library.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
I mean yeah probably, someone somewhere has a PC-AT with MS-DOS and Windows 1 dating from the 80’s somewhere, while the first release of Linux was in what? 92? Somebody like LGR or Tech Tangents very likely has some old hardware running period software for history enthusiast reasons.
But let’s play this game: What is the oldest hardware currently in service running a currently supported edition of Windows, versus the oldest hardware currently in service running a currently supported edition of Linux?
6nk06@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Banks are still running Cobol programs written by Jesus on punchcards. But it’s not the same use case, Linux is mostly running on servers without a UI.
Foreigner@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I just want to say thank you for that pine, it’s beautiful. I’m absolutely going to steal it.