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Can you install thid 25 year old program? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 32 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The joke is that the 25y old Linux software is still maintained.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I thought the joke was about old binaries.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I thought the joke was that Linux doesn't get the newer software alternatives, so it has to rely on old software.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Binaries are black magic, you can't maintain them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 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.