Hi all, On 04.11.19 12:34, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > On 11/4/19 12:06 PM, Holger Levsen wrote: >> On Sun, Nov 03, 2019 at 11:27:07PM +0100, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: >>> And I just saw the "argument". The argument was "It's 2018". That's not >>> an argument. >> >> the longer form of the argument is: it's 2018 and except for 100 people >> on this planet, noone is using floppies anymore. > > Yes, and it's 2018 and except for a handful of people, no one is browsing > the internet on a PC anymore. I don't see how this is an argument. > >> "cognitive strain" is another argument. 90% of the people installing a >> computer today have no idea what a floppy (disk) is. (for those who >> don't know, it's the icon for saving a file.) > > I don't really see the problem here. And I would like to see a source > for that 90% claim. I don't think anyone who is able to install Debian > using debian-installer doesn't know what a floppy is. Anyone who is capable > of creating a bootable USB flash drive will absolutely know what a floppy > is. How should that be true? > I really have the impression that some people are trying with all force > to smash out support for older architectures and hardware No, the support will be kept but without confusing people. > Debian is certainly not the distribution for Linux beginners so there is > really no reason to pretend that such changes make any difference > in user-friendlyness. Non sequitur. Bye Michael
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