[mdlug] Important Announcement: Linux is shutting down!

[Steve Litt]

Carl T. Miller said on Sat, 1 Apr 2023 06:29:35 -0400

>Dear Linux Community,
>
>We hope this email finds you well. As we approach our 30th
>anniversary, we have made the difficult decision to shut down Linux
>indefinitely. This decision was not made lightly and we understand the
>impact it will have on our users, but we believe it is the best choice
>for the future of the industry.
>
>We have had a great run, but unfortunately, the Linux operating system 
>has become too popular and has outgrown our capacity to maintain it.
>We simply can't keep up with the demand and have decided to pull the
>plug.

For me, this cloud has a silver lining. More and more, over the years,
Linux has been overkill for my needs.

So I've pulled out of my attic my old Kaypro 2x, with two floppies,
64KB of RAM, and nimble 2Mhz Z80. I'll write my books with Wordstar and
do my programming with Turbo Pascal 2.0. I've been wanting to do this
for a long time, and this shutdown gives me the excuse I need to
actually do it.

Thank you so much for my 25 years with Linux. It's been a good run, but
I'm going back to simpler times.

SteveT

Steve Litt 
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