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Re:If you're just going to sit there doing nothing, at least... by hnfong on Saturday February 17, 2024 @11:06AM (#39410667)
If a binary from 2000 doesn't run, it's because of glibc ABI changes. I still have faint memories of glibc crap happening in the early 2000s. But if the binary from 2000 is statically linked, then the Linux kernel probably runs it fine today.

Which is weird considering the argument you had with others above about how "Linux (kernel) doesn't run software", was it a buildup to convince us that "GNU(glibc)/Linux" is really bad at running old binaries? Because your argument doesn't hold for the Linux kernel itself running statically linked binaries.

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Re:If you're just going to sit there doing nothing, at least... by pjmlp on Saturday February 17, 2024 @04:09PM (#39413582)
Only if those binaries were designed to be called from the Linux kernel directly, using only syscalls.

Last time I checked, hardly anyone uses their computer as an embedded board.

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