Tiens c’est nouveau ça…
Et comment on fait si son vieux mac ne peut pas installer une version plus récente que 10.15 ? 

Une raison de plus pour définitivement switcher sur mon second laptop sous Linux en 2025.

cc. @limitesnumeriques

#Signal #SoftwareObsolescence

From bsky: "Hey everyone, Consumer Reports wants to hear how software obsolescence has affected you. We're gathering stories as part of a future push to get companies to disclose their plans to support a product before you buy it. Share your story here:

https://www.consumerreports.org/stories?questionnaireId=315

#softwareobsolescence

Stories - Consumer Reports

How Software Obsolescence Impacts Organisations

This blog is about security and computing related topics with occassional hobby activities thrown in.

« When such support ends it is time to, at least, update the OS to a newer version, although in some cases that might mean buying new hardware (at least more disk space and memory, although Windows 10 may require a new machine).

Another option is to change to an alternative #OS that supports your hardware, e.g. #Linux supports quite old hardware and should be able to run 64-bit versions on CPUs from the past 10-15 years. »

#SoftwareObsolescence #MoveToLinux

« Pulling the plug on expired Operating Systems »

« Browsers are ending their support for #Windows 7 and 8.1 in 2023. @Vivaldi dev and security expert Yngve Pettersen explains the challenges faced by browsers as to why they end support of various operating system versions. »

https://vivaldi.com/blog/pulling-the-plug-on-expired-operating-systems/

#SoftwareObsolescence #MoveToLinux

Pulling the plug on expired Operating Systems | Vivaldi Browser

Yngve from Vivaldi browser explains the challenges faced by browsers as to why they end support of various operating system versions such as Windows 7 & 8.1

Vivaldi Browser

"Design Options for Long-lasting, Efficient and Open Hardware and Software" is our article published in "#Digitalisation and #Sustainability", in that my co-Authors Johanna Pohl, Anja Höfner, Friederike Rohde and me present basic approaches and policy measures for a sustainable design of hardware and software.

https://www.oekologisches-wirtschaften.de/index.php/oew/article/view/1788

#SoftwareObsolescence #RightToRepair #PublicCode #Upcycling #OpenAccess @fsfe

Design Options for Long-lasting, Efficient and Open Hardware and Software | Ökologisches Wirtschaften - Fachzeitschrift