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Linux removing an outdated, insecure Microsoft USB network protocol that's still on Windows(www.neowin.net)

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Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org
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Well, that’ll be a problem for anything that’s got crossplay between XP and Linux in a local environment.

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nao@sh.itjust.works
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someone using xp probably won’t mind using some outdated linux kernel as well

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Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org
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Much easier to get and install a copy of WinXP than old Linux.

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anothermember@lemmy.zip
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Really? Just about every distro I know has an archive of past releases. With WinXP I wouldn’t know where to begin.

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iknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.com
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Completely incorrect. You can find old Debian releases here:

https://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/

That’s the official Debian site and contains releases going back to 2002. You can surely find older versions if you really want with a bit of effort beyond 2 minutes of searching that it took me to find this.

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sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.works
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Linux just removed the support so any Linux distro available currently should still support it

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Draconic NEO@lemmy.world
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Could probably be patched back in if you really need it or want it. Linux is open source after all.

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