I’ve been seeding many Foss things for years but for some reason, people keep downloading Ubuntu versions that are more than 3 years old.

Any ideas why there is always someone downloading the ancient stuff, especially Ubuntu?

  • ejmin@lemmy.mlOP
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    1 year ago

    Right, that sounds like a good guess. That makes sense, bots are everywhere.

    • GroteStreet 🦘@aussie.zone
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      1 year ago

      Some of it may be, but the fact that the LTS versions (20.04 & 22.04) are downloaded overwhelmingly more than the others seem to indicate it’s more intentional.

      • jlow (he/him)@beehaw.org
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        1 year ago

        Do old versions of Linux (Ubuntu in this instance) run better on really old hardware? That might be a reason if so.