I love old hardware big time, but if the current kernel can be trimmed up, let's do it. Those older machines probably shouldn't be rocking the latest kernel anyway.
I'm typing this from a 2004 PPC Powerbook running Ubuntu 10.04. There are a lot of packages and software I simply can't get anymore. But it's ok, because it doesn't have the power to run them anyway. It's frozen in time, and I know that. Anyone running on relying on 386 stuff should just stick with the older software that's working and pray they don't have a hardware failure. If the kernel starts packratting stuff it's going to be bloated and huge and it will hinder future development.
Maybe they should set a time limit on stuff, like 10 years before they drop support, or maybe 15 for the military and law offices.
I'm typing this from a 2004 PPC Powerbook running Ubuntu 10.04. There are a lot of packages and software I simply can't get anymore. But it's ok, because it doesn't have the power to run them anyway. It's frozen in time, and I know that. Anyone running on relying on 386 stuff should just stick with the older software that's working and pray they don't have a hardware failure. If the kernel starts packratting stuff it's going to be bloated and huge and it will hinder future development.
Maybe they should set a time limit on stuff, like 10 years before they drop support, or maybe 15 for the military and law offices.