Den 2025-10-30 skrev Riccardo Mottola <[email protected]>: > Hi All, > > Romain Dolbeau wrote: >> Debian is (at least up to now) the Linux distribution one could rely >> on to support hardware as long as its actual life without forcing >> users to upgrade. I have ~2007 (Penryn) systems still in use that were >> deployed with Debian when new, and I'm sure I'm not the only one. If >> it ain't broke, don't fix it, just upgrade Debian:-) >> >> Debian isn't Microsoft. Debian isn't Apple. Debian isn't Google. >> Please don't learn the wrong lessons from them. Planned obsolescence >> is bad, not good. > > I stand to Romain. Long-term support also means less electronic waste, > less consumism. > 10 years might be for a laptop - although a good number now shows 20 > years can be done if they were a lucky model, but certain embedded > boards, servers are still working very well. Think about ThinkPad T > series, PowerMac G3 & G4, Sun UltraSPARC system. > My Lenovo x230 (dates back to 2012) runs fine with Debian.
It has seen some maintenance in later years: + fresh thermal paste for CPU + new battery + mending broken hinge None of this due to Debian incompatibility. /Martin
