we’ve been out of IPv4 for over a decade now

Really? Haven’t had trouble allocating new VPSs with IPv4 as of late…

It’s funny because it’s true.

Slackware, Devuan… or Gentoo, which took the sanest approach and actually lets you choose init system, are all good alternatives too.

They never stopped being bad, they’ve just refined their tactics.

Most subtle instance of Microsoft’s Embrace-Extend-Extinguish to date.

Linux, on the other hand, can easily boot up on a 10-year-old laptop with just 2GB of RAM, and work fine.

I’m not sure a modern day browser would be just fine with “only” 2GiB, unfortunately.

It’ll work for longer than a new car… minus the tracking.

This might help.

Get an old car instead?

I use primitive ftpd on the phone and FileZilla on the PC.

Java has entered the chat…

I’d call it realistic, not concerning.

I read gentoo instead of gentus, found it awkward that someone would call gentoo obscure, did a websearch, came back to the post with gentus as a reply, re-read the post.

Nostalgic doesn’t necessarily correlate to “special place”, so It Depends™.

HTTP 420

That what Debian does with ISOs. However, no one uses it.

Source?

I use torrents/magnets for ISOs whenever i can.

Didn’t bother to follow the thread?

https://mastodon.social/@popey/112593520847827981>

Sure. Other people can do that if they want.

I don’t have a problem with companies bundling whatever packages they want on their distro.

The difference comes when they actively block installation (just like Mint does). That is what is anti-consumer. It adds confusion to users as they have to go and find out what random file in /etc/ needs to be edited or removed, just to install some software. It’s stupid.

You may disagree, that’s fine. It’s okay to not like things.

They coined the term Embrace, Extend, Extinguish and they haven’t stopped enforcing it. I haz not much faith on WSL and similar.

Gotta milk the cow… a bit too late though, the mockingbird fad has long passed.

Local laws may apply, since common sense is a thing of the past.