Yeah, I wouldn't expect it to work, so I wouldn't expect a meme to imply that Linux has great backwards compatibility, when things change somewhat rapidly in mainstream Linux, making it quite hard to maintain.

[–] fartsparkles@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

X11 isn’t Linux… Linux is excellent for backwards compatibility. Can’t say the same about userspace though.

[–] FishFace@piefed.social -5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You're right! And yet it doesn't really matter that much, does it?

[–] MotoAsh@piefed.social 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Yes, it does. Not only for servers, but every single application that wasn't written for X11 specifically continues to just work. Which is the vast majority.

[–] FishFace@piefed.social 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Would you enjoy trying to explain this to your grandma or other stereotypically tech-un-savvy relative after you got her to install Ubuntu and something she was able to do before stopped working after an update?

You're interested in backwards compatibility on servers, and in backwards compatibility for a subset of applications. Cool. Convenient for you! Recognise that there's more to it than that, that when people meme about how awesome Linux is compared to Windows, focusing on servers and non-graphical applications isn't good enough.

[–] MotoAsh@piefed.social 2 points 3 weeks ago

Not backwards compatibility. Straight up compatibility.

and yes, I wouldn't mind. I enjoy explaining things.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

The meme isn't implying great backward compatibility. It's implying great tool maintenance and availability.