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> old, arcane and unused? But it is used by retrocomputing enthusiasts. Linux has been supported by them for the platforms they care. They gladly hold up the b
by ilammy 5y ago
> old, arcane and unused?
But it is used by retrocomputing enthusiasts. Linux has been supported by them for the platforms they care. They gladly hold up the bar “now you have to support Linux yourself”, with C compilers already existing and being supported by someone else. With Rust becoming a build-time dependency, things suddenly turn into “you're not getting any Linux until you port rustc to your platform and then make sure it's working there at all times”.
- Mic92 5y agoSo everyone is not getting a more secure/safe system because a small minority wants to run Linux on old computers? That does not sound fair to me. Why can't they not use old versions of Linux as well.