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Re:Have an old iPad lying around? You might be able to make ... by emilfihlman on Sunday June 05, 2022 @02:31PM (#31633614)
What makes the difference?
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Re:Have an old iPad lying around? You might be able to make ... by trasz on Sunday June 05, 2022 @03:12PM (#31633941)
My guess is the approach to development: things that can be fixed get fixed, not replaced. In FreeBSD, for example, rather fundamental changes get introduced when necessary - compare FreeBSD devfs with a... somewhat 1970's approach used in Linux - but they don't happen "just because".
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