Forced obsolescence in Linux

[Mike]

doesn't that mean that you use older versions for older computers?
wait..... I thought I heard that new versions were supposed to run on all 
hardware (i386 and above at least) Aren't they porting for the older chips? 
What is the status on that anyways?

On Sunday 26 February 2006 23:51, Victor Odhner wrote:
> Yup, it's getting so you're out of luck if you want to run
> Linux on old computers, a recent Slashdot posting to
> the contrary . . . unless I want to get into the ALSA cvs
> repository and spend a few hours in hopeful hacking ...
> but that's what I do for a living, and we should be past
> that for a driver (snd-sb16 for Sound Blaster 16 ISA)
> that used to work and is now orphaned even in distros
> that used to have it.
>
> Just felt like venting.  I'll do the cvs thing when I have a
> few hours of cultural time (ha!).  And my friend calls me
> every few days asking if his computer is ready yet . . .
> No, he can't cut into his ramen-noodles budget to buy a
> new sound card.
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