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GNU/Linux:
- Can I install this 20yo software?
- Is already installed.
Can I install this 20yo software?
user is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reportedSUDO Can I install this 20yo software?
Is already installed.You guys are awesome!
how about this driver for an obscure 20yo laptop's touchpad?
already installed
Had this exact scenario with an old flatbed scanner. No win10 drivers and it never had mac drivers. Ran without issue in up to date Mint.
Actually once recently I had problems because the wifi driver (b43) for the Dell Latitude D505 (2004) wasn't in the live Boot environment (cause un-free).
huh. Did you end up using a ethernet cable then?
If you do
echo "3 6 * p" | dcin a terminal it'll give you the result of 3x6, but thedcpart of that is software that was written probably between 1969 and 1971.That is crazy and cool! Thanks!
there is nothing to doI know it’s a même but Linux isn’t that good for running old app that have a user interface. Old command line interface works perfectly but that’s mostly for developer.
windows make it available to everyone.
It’s one of the few things windows does better, might as well recognize it.
Old command line interface works perfectly but that’s mostly for developer.
No. I'm comfortable with command line tools, and I'm far from being a developer. People used DOS etc. as well without being developers.
True but time have changed. It’s like giving a diskette to a gen z, he doesn’t know what to do. People mostly aren’t used to terminal.
Old Linux software usually has to be completed from source anyway (uhh the effort) which essentially makes it future proof
Well, unfortunately there are sw inside windows that are even older