Transcript

False meme image that says “bad news ipv4 fans. linus torvalds has announced removing ipv4 support from the linux kernel after the maintainers of the network stack got into a fight over WHAT KIND OF HRT gives the best results. this incident will impact 5 billion people and will make 95% of all network equipment on Earth binnable.” with fake screenshots of the linux kernel mailing list a girl calling another one a slur from 4chan over HRT choices and Linus Torvalds saying he will drop IPv4 support and asking the maintainers to learn to shut the fuck up.

Source: https://rivals.space/@deuxnise/115032302416832519

      • Possibly linux@lemmy.zip
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        17
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        22 hours ago

        Your ISP needs to setup IPv6 which isn’t trivial to do from scratch.

        What provider is it?

        • themadcodger@kbin.earth
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          3
          ·
          22 hours ago

          Mine is Quantum Fiber, a sister of CenturyLink. CL has it, apparently QF doesn’t. Or at least not natively, rather 6rd. And then possibly not on the modem they installed? At any rate, I haven’t been able to find anything online.

          • Trainguyrom@reddthat.com
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            2
            ·
            13 hours ago

            I’m on one of the regions of fiber that CenturyLink spun off to a private equity firm a few years ago. Zero IPv6 support here