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Ar-Curuniryesterday at 5:36 PM1 replyview on HN

Just this week we've seen Linux talking about dropping support for some older hardware precisely because attacks against it were becoming easier with LLMs.


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joe_mambayesterday at 8:45 PM

Do you have a detailed source for this? I want to read more about it.

Because I noticed my old Core 2 Quad PC with Nvidia 8600GT that my parents use as their email and Facebook machine, doesn't boot with any linux newer than Kernel 6.1 even though I can get Windows 11 to boot on it.

So the myth around "Linux is great for old PCs", highly depends on what HW you have.

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