Beep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoMicrosoft is withdrawing support for older printers' driverswww.which.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square33linkfedilinkarrow-up1233arrow-down13
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minus-squareGreenBeard@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·2 months agoA little bit of a tempest in a teapot. It doesn’t sound like they’re actually going to stop distributing existing drivers, they’re just not accepting any new drivers or updates (unless they’re critical security updates) for those packages.
minus-squarescarabic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoSoftware that’s been around so long you know it works and can freeze contributions and even stop testing for it… chef’s kiss
A little bit of a tempest in a teapot. It doesn’t sound like they’re actually going to stop distributing existing drivers, they’re just not accepting any new drivers or updates (unless they’re critical security updates) for those packages.
Software that’s been around so long you know it works and can freeze contributions and even stop testing for it… chef’s kiss