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Campaigners urge EU to mandate 15 years of OS updates (www.theregister.com)
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Should OS makers, like Microsoft, be legally required to provide 15 years of security updates?

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[–] 14 points 11 months ago (2 children)

15 years is actually reasonable.

I have a ten year old laptop with an i7 processor, 16 GB RAM, and 1 TB SSD. It still does most things, I bought it for initially just fine. Granted this was one of the best laptops you could buy at the time.

Apple stopped supporting it with a current version of macOS a couple of years ago sadly. It’s still possible to patch newer versions to install and run on the old machine, but it’s a bit of a hassle.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Are we talking OpenCore Patcher? I was actually planning on trying that for my Early 2013 MBP, but I'm leaning more towards some Linux distro now, for the longevity of it, though I haven't yet figured out which distro supports my MBP the best. Got any recommendations to share on some of this?

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    Yes, OpenCore Legacy Patcher.

    Regarding Linux distributions, I don’t have a specific recommendation. You might be worse off with a distro that doesn’t include nonfree drivers for wifi, bluetooth, graphics by default. IIRC these MBPs use Broadcom Wifi chips. Ubuntu and derivatives would be my first try. Definitely read up on how to install Linux on MBPs. You probably might have to configure something in OpenFirmware/EFI.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (1 child)

    But unlike server aided services an OS still keeps working. You can use that PC for 10 more years, if you like.

    I think there’s a discrepancy in the understanding of ‘support’ and what it entails in different technology fields. Demanding to receive NEW features for decades is not feasible in the current economic environment.

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