@thejapantimes@mastodon.social avatar thejapantimes , to random

In what will go down as the most spectacular IT failure the world has ever seen, a botched software update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike Holdings crashed countless Microsoft Windows computer systems around the world. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/07/20/world/microsoft-it-crash/

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social avatar thejapantimes , to random

Airlines were grounded, network broadcasts went off their air and banks said their systems were disrupted as a major computer glitch spread globally. But in Japan, few companies were affected. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/07/19/japan/worldwide-tech-issues/

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social avatar thejapantimes , to random

Japan — one of the world’s most technologically advanced nations — has held on to some of the most outmoded devices. Now, it has finally phased out floppy disks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/07/06/japan/japan-floppy-disk-phase-out/

@be4foss@floss.social avatar be4foss , (edited ) to KDE

You don't need a new computer for up-to-date software ... just the right software!

Come to 2024 in to learn about the role of independent in the sustainable use of hardware.

🗓️ Sunday 28 April, 11-19h
📍 Straße des 17. Juni (Brandenburg Gate)

together with ( @fsfe ) and Bits & Bäume ( @bitsundbaeume_berlin ) will be there! Some in the and community may be joining as well :)

kde@lemmy.kde.social icon KDE

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be4foss OP , (edited )
@be4foss@floss.social avatar

We will have old, otherwise unsupported and for visitors to try, as well as some new ones, all running .

The oldest, Dell Latitude D600, would have become in 2010. If it were human, today it could legally drink alcohol in the USA ... it is that old and, with a little patience, still quite usable!

Come by to try it out :)

@fsfe kde@lemmy.kde.social icon KDE @bitsundbaeume_berlin

@babe@glitterkitten.co.uk avatar babe , to random

linux is too difficult imo, I don't understand the hype at all and why so many people are like "just switch to linux, it's easy!"

it's not easy, and why would I want an operating system that has to be taken up as some kind of hobby instead of just using my computer like normal.

i'll just stick with ubuntu instead, thanks.