• blackjam_alex@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Installing old Linux applications IS a problem. They’re available only if someone repackaged them for newer distros. If not they can’t run anymore because of dependencies mismatch.

    • unhrpetby@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      6 months ago

      This is a good reason for static linking. All the dependencies are built into the binary, meaning it is more portable and future proof.

      We don’t need flatpak for this!

    • highball@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Just supply the dependencies with a chroot. That’s how we did it before distro maintainers started including the 32bit libraries into the 64bit OS.

    • groet@feddit.orgEnglish
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      6 months ago

      It could. It just doesn’t want to. Why would it? Its your computer.

      If you want to delete / including the EFI partition turning your machine into a paperweight you should be allowed to do so.

  • Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works
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    6 months ago

    My favourite thing about updates on my work Mac is when you say ‘try in one hour’ thinking it’ll ask you then an hour later it aggressively closes your programs. I use Linux, Mac and Windows regularly and Mac has by far the worst update experience out of all of them imo.

    • CameronDev@programming.dev
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      6 months ago

      I’ve clicked the “install updates tonight” button a bunch of times, it consistently fails to update and then I have to force it to update the next morning. Incredibly poor experience.