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[–] 2 points 6 hours ago (1 child)

Debian is also planning on raising the bar.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 hour ago

    Yes, but not yet, which is all CERN needs for now.

    They'll undoubtedly switch to something else in a few years if they continue to favour hardware retention over software compliance.

    Spiralling off into rampant speculation, I can imagine they might end up finding some way to create their own in-house Linux distro that supports old hardware if all the stock distros raise the bar out of the reach of what they have, but I'm sure they hope that's a way off yet.

    But it could be a good thing for folks outside CERN with old hardware if that ever comes to pass.

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