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[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I’m sure average Joe doesn’t even know what EOL means, or knows when it happens. :)

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Yeah Elastic Orange Llamas will be difficult to deal with but I think Joe can manage.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

More than anyone, they knew Mr. Blue Sky.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah we're fucked :)

I liked the suggestion to throw Linux on all of the "losses"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Software updates will stop and render the possibility of an unsafe system more and more over time. Since there are no updates, if a backdoor is found it won't be patched.

Besides that you'll probably be able to use it for a few more years as long as your apps still work