Yes please. 2013 MacBook Pro? I use a 2013 MacBook Air every day. I am sure your MacBook Pro is much better.

They are selling them. Look into ESU (Extended Security Updates).

$30 a year.

I was for many of us. So, they were not totally wrong.

Even those distros are only possible if you arbitrarily decide the firmware is not software. If you want to be more honest about having free software all way down, you have to avoid AMD and Intel CPUs at the very least and most GPUs too. And, if you are not going to do that, why fuss about the BIOS?

Unless you are using a totally Free Software stack on on Open Source CPU with an Open Source ISA, it is just a question of where you draw the line between convenience and “principles”.

There are truly Open Source RISC-V CPUs. It could be done. That is not what those “libre” distros are doing.

Since none of us are using a 100% free stack, I think distros like Debian strike the right balance between “free” and “useful”.

If you do not want to use software written by Red Hat, you have to stop using Linux. Quite frankly also much of the GNU suite such as Glibc and GCC. You would absolutely have to stop using either Xorg or Wayland. Systemd is just an example of something Red Hat created but they are massive contributors to a lot of other surf too.

I you want to avoid software written by profit motivated companies, you are down to about 15% of the open source ecosystem.

Correct.

There is also iFuse and iMobileDevice

Very impressive. The M1 Macs at least seem to be quite functional at this point and everything either has been or is in the process of hitting the mainline.

Lots of work to do of course but many would have bet against getting this far. But there is a big difference between “could be better” and “stuff doesn’t work”. Getting the Rust based GPU driver into the kernel is a major achievement on its own and may do a lot to silence the “Rust isn’t used for anything real in the kernel” crowd as well.

With all the recent drama, I think some assumed the project was on the ropes. But the updates on the M2 and the reduced support burden of their past work leave me pretty hopeful that good progress will continue.

I would drive across Canada to vote against PP and i have nothing good to say about any of the landlords I have had.

It is a bloody miracle how completely you have convinced me that they are all better people than you.

Somebody mentions children and these are the words you puke out?

Making PP move out would be hilarious. Shitting on kids to get what you want is not.

Not much for new features but quite a bundle of performance, stability, and resource use improvements. Good to see.

I hope so. It may help the economies of Mexico and Cuba more than anything else.

Bookings are down far more than 2%. That number is for arrivals which is the realization of bookings made months ago. The article itself shows bookings down double digits from many European countries.

The quotes from American airlines say international bookings are ok because those airlines mostly cater to Americans travelling abroad. What do European airlines have to say about traffic to the US? How is the summer looking at Lufthansa?

This article cherry picks data. I feel like it was written to convince us that what we are hearing is false, not to reflect the facts.

In Canada, some airlines have already started to cancel entire routes due to lack of demand.

I agree though, the impact should be greater.

Another factor is snowbirds selling their Florida properties. They are somewhat flooding the market right now which will drive down prices.

To be fair, not every Linux distro works the same. It has been a while since I setup Apache but there used to be quite a difference in configuration between Fedora derived distros and Debian derived distros for example.

Our Canadian EV bus maker is about to go bankrupt (Lion Electric).

Got it. I was not familiar with this Linux Foundation initiative. Very cool.

It looks like they support the LTS kernels as an extension of Debian. So, kernel 6.12 will get 10 years of support after Debian Trixie launches with it this summer.

That means 486 will be fully supported until at least mid 2035. Amazing.

As somebody that offered a “correction”, I can assure you that I did not downvote.

The Linux kernel still supports Pentium but most Linux distros do not. The only two I can think of are Adelie and Gentoo. Nothing based on Debian does (Pentium Pro minimum).

There are still ATMs running OS/2 and probably lots of POS systems running DOS.

The latest kernels still work on 486 - kernel 6.14 currently.

What does the age of the hardware have to do with it?

You can run a 486 today with the latest Linux kernel, the latest C library, and the latest utilities. A 486 is not vulnerable to Spectre and Meltdown. It may be more secure than a typical i7.

Come to think of it. Acting as a bastion server may be a legitimate use of a 486 today.