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How on earth could they only install Ubuntu 20.04, because everything else was unavailable. Last I checked, you could install Debian from a set of CDs which go
by fock 5y ago
How on earth could they only install Ubuntu 20.04, because everything else was unavailable.
Last I checked, you could install Debian from a set of CDs which got regular point releases. Having something with decent power like a Core 2 Quad you could go back to around 2007 I guess (though I fear at this point they might have problems with their API). How do they solve the problem of running on Windows XP?
- Asooka 5y ago> How do they solve the problem of running on Windows XP? I suspect it's similar to how building a C++ project works. In Visual Studio you select the minimum version you want to support and you're done. This in general is a pain point of Linux - the toolchain is set up for building the system itself rather than producing binaries for general distribution and there is no easy way to set up a generic toolchain for a given basic version of libraries. This is great for letting you modify your system, but it's not ideal for software development. Installing an old distro via docker or in a chroot works, but I wish I could have just a compiler plus libc rather than an entire Ubuntu. I think Redhat allows something like that, but it should be more widespread.
- fock 5y agowell there's no reason why, containers can't just be a compiler + libc? Noone stops you from removing the GNU coreutils from your image or build your own. However I don't know if stripping these (a whopping 30MB for most Ubuntu-versions) is worth the hassle of dealing with a shell-less development environment.
- mike256 5y agowell you don't even need a container just the libs and a lillte in some directory and you have to learn a little about cross-compilation.