SleafordMod@feddit.uk to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoCampaigners urge EU to mandate 15 years of OS updateswww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square77fedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up135arrow-down1external-linkCampaigners urge EU to mandate 15 years of OS updateswww.theregister.comSleafordMod@feddit.uk to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square77fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoThat sounds like an insane duration, even LTS distros are not usually anything like 15 years
minus-squareiesha_256@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agothis isn’t about the age of the OS, it’s the age of the device. I can install linux on a device from 20 years ago if not more.
minus-squareratten@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThese multi-billion dollar corporations have more than enough resources to provide updates for 15 years. There’s nothing insane about it, unless you’ve been conditioned to live vicariously through business owners.
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoPretty sure postmarketOS isn’t made by a multi-billion dollar corporation. Such a requirement would mean ONLY multi-billion dollar corporations can release an operating system. You do not want to give them that power.
That sounds like an insane duration, even LTS distros are not usually anything like 15 years
this isn’t about the age of the OS, it’s the age of the device. I can install linux on a device from 20 years ago if not more.
These multi-billion dollar corporations have more than enough resources to provide updates for 15 years.
There’s nothing insane about it, unless you’ve been conditioned to live vicariously through business owners.
Pretty sure postmarketOS isn’t made by a multi-billion dollar corporation. Such a requirement would mean ONLY multi-billion dollar corporations can release an operating system. You do not want to give them that power.