Re: Oh Gods - Now MX Linux "Security Verification" - NO !!!

On 2026-08-23 08:57, c186282 wrote:
> On 8/22/26 18:35, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>> On Sat, 22 Aug 2026 08:36:42 -0400, TJ wrote:
>>
>>> It goes against the grain, for me at least, to send perfectly good
>>> running hardware off to the recycler, just because it is
>>> "experienced."
>>
>> CPU generations (and entire architectures) get dropped from the Linux
>> kernel because they can’t find anybody to step forward and maintain
>> the support for them.
>>
>> That is how they tell that there are so few instances of those
>> particular kinds of hardware around, that essentially nobody cares
>> about them any more.
> 
>    Sad, but quite correct.
> 
>    Really not much call to run Linux-ish stuff
>    on a 386/486 these days. How many people
>    still USE those old boards for ANYTHING ?
> 
>    MAYBE a few "industrial" monitor/control
>    systems ... but REALLY they oughtta upgrade.
 > >    However SOME won't because it might cost a
>    few dollars. They'll run the old hardware
>    until it literally bursts into flames - and
>    then be SCREWED for days/weeks/months. But,
>    the bean-counters will TELL them they're
>    saving SO much money, now .......

Industrial computers may have boards, like data acquisition boards, to 
interface with motors and sensors (or cameras). If you upgrade the 
computer, it comes with a new operating system, so their expensive 
software does not run on it. The cards probably can not be plugged in, 
so they also need replacing; the new boards will probably not be 
compatible with the expensive software. So finally they need to recreate 
the software (hopefully the company that created it still exists and has 
the source files). And maybe there are a bunch of computers to replace.

The price is no longer minor.


> 
>    There was a case a few years back, Paris airport.
>    Suddenly the entire ground-control system went
>    down hard. Soon found, it had been running on
>    a Win-98 box for MANY years. Since it worked
>    nobody bothered at looking to modernize. Not
>    spending $10,000 probably cost them $10,000,000 :-)
> 
>    Now here is a case where a properly tuned "AI"
>    just MIGHT be of good use. Calculate and do what
>    the humans don't want to do anymore. What IS
>    involved in making an old app work on a 20 year
>    newer board ? Humans CAN do it - but don't WANT
>    to do it. The "AI"s don't care about any of that
>    and WILL offer/script solutions.
> 


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Cheers, Carlos.
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