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Re:Developer publishes patch to enable Windows 7 and 8.1 upd... by izacus on Friday April 21, 2017 @11:38AM (#14166489)
> Operating systems are hard, drop Windows and sell your software on Linux. We all know it's inevitable in the long run.

Soo... how do I run Linux on a new Dell XPS or a Surface Book without updating kernel to newest 4.x branch? Because last I check Linux forced me to update to new version (including userspace since new kernels weren't compatible with old userspace) to run on new hardware as well.

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Re:Developer publishes patch to enable Windows 7 and 8.1 upd... by Zaak on Friday April 21, 2017 @11:51AM (#14166630)
Do you have a link to info about that kernel/userspace incompatibility? I thought Linus' mantra was "we don't break userspace".
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