GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 8 months agoCan you install thid 25 year old program?lemmy.mlimagemessage-square152fedilinkarrow-up11.08Karrow-down176
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minus-squareRustmilian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33arrow-down1·8 months agoThe joke is that the 25y old Linux software is still maintained.
minus-squareMelllvarlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·8 months agoI thought the joke was about old binaries.
minus-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoI thought the joke was that Linux doesn’t get the newer software alternatives, so it has to rely on old software.
minus-squareMonkderZweite@feddit.chlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-28 months agoBinaries are black magic, you can’t maintain them.
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months ago… As long as you have this week’s release of 25 dev tools pulled in from some dank npm/composer repo and you’re okay with it. Wow, have dev bros gotten bad.
The joke is that the 25y old Linux software is still maintained.
I thought the joke was about old binaries.
I thought the joke was that Linux doesn’t get the newer software alternatives, so it has to rely on old software.
Binaries are black magic, you can’t maintain them.
… As long as you have this week’s release of 25 dev tools pulled in from some dank npm/composer repo and you’re okay with it.
Wow, have dev bros gotten bad.