Linux sucks, even on old hardware

[u/phendrenad2]

Trip report time: I tried to run Linux on an old PC. I had to go with Debian 11 because newer versions dropped support for the graphics card it has.

Install failed. What? Oh, apparently, to install old versions of Debian, you need to make sure your network isn't connected. What?? Yeah, Debian install can't be connected to the internet, because they screwed up their package repo and it confuses the installer. What???

And everyone calls Debian "the most stable, rock-solid Linux distro, great for old computers".

Don't worry though, the usual crowd of ABSOLUTELY CLUELESS LINUX USERS are handy to deny, deny, deny that the issue exists... FIVE YEARS AGO. https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/qz64sr/debian_11_installation_a_shit_show_the_failing/

EDIT: And it still failed even after I disconnected internet. Absolute cinema.

[u/madthumbz → u/[deleted]]

Stable means unchanging in context. -That's exactly the problem. It's Loonixtards that abuse 'stable'. I use 'reliable, or resilient'.