Sujet : Re: Old Hardware
De : fsquared (at) *nospam* fsquared.linux (Farley Flud)
Groupes : comp.os.linux.advocacyDate : 20. Dec 2024, 12:19:01
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On Thu, 19 Dec 2024 23:48:22 +0000, vallor wrote:
Linux Mint:
$ modinfo floppy | head -15 filename:
/lib/modules/6.12.6/kernel/drivers/block/floppy.ko alias:
block-major-2-*
license: GPL description: Normal floppy disk support author:
If my system had a floppy disk, it would be "plug and play".
But where are you going to plug it?
Holy moley! Your kernel must contain HUNDREDS of modules that you NEVER
have a need to use.
That's the mainstream distro strategy: build everything and build it
according to the lowest denominator specs and then heap a ton of security
on top of the mess.
-- Hail Linux! Hail FOSS! Hail Stallman!
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