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Comment Re:unwise (Score 1) 49

Not even GNU C, the kernel is written in kernel C and C compilers have to be adapted to be able to compile it correctly.

GCC and Clang are the only compilers that work. There used to be support for icc as well, but compiler-specific tweaks are required for every compiler, and it was not worth the effort.

Comment Re:Any day now! (Score 1) 320

Your comments refer to my original statement:

"There are a bunch of ways to get IPv6 transported in an IPv4-only network, but getting IPv4 transported in an IPv6-only network is not nearly as well supported. IPv6 will always be an afterthought if you have to implement a full IPv4 backbone anyway, before you can start doing IPv6."

Your statements about IPv4 and IPv6 being completely separate are either simply wrong or irrelevant, depending on how they are interpreted. Right now, with most equipment, a full-service ISP who wants to deliver pure IPv6 services has to start by building an IPv4 network.

Comment Re: Any day now! (Score 1) 320

Several governments have required IPv6 for years. However, almost many vendors see it as a tickbox item which will not be used much in practice. They implement precisely enough to get past the requirements, but many quality of implementation features are missing.

Mobile networks are the exception; they expect IPv6 to actually work and get used.

Comment Re:Any day now! (Score 1) 320

This is so not true. Lots of ISPs run IPv6 on top of IPv4+MPLS. You hardly have to touch your backbone at all to get that working; it has been supported for a decade on almost all relevant equipment.

The modern solution is to ditch MPLS and do IPv4 as an overlay on IPv6 with segment routing. That way you only have to worry about one protocol (IPv6) in the backbone. However, vendor support for that is very much lacking.

Comment Re:Who cares? (Score 1) 222

The crackle and the faint background noise of a vinyl record is comforting and nostalgic, and therefore better. Also, the act of physically taking a recording out of its sleeve and putting in on the player prepares the mood for listening.

Luckily crackle, noise, and physicality are features that come with even the cheapest of record players. If anything, you get less with the really expensive systems.

Comment Re:Any day now! (Score 2) 320

Many core routers still do not have full feature parity between IPv4 and IPv6, on the latest software release. Even new models.

There are a bunch of ways to get IPv6 transported in an IPv4-only network, but getting IPv4 transported in an IPv6-only network is not nearly as well supported. IPv6 will always be an afterthought if you have to implement a full IPv4 backbone anyway, before you can start doing IPv6.

Comment Re: These people. (Score 2) 300

Insane? That person is the most clear headed poster here. Our main problems are how we gather our energy and food.

Exactly! The people writing the article and most people commenting are the insane ones. We don't need to stop improving lives for everyone, we just need to stop fucking up. Human development requires energy. Once we have that energy, almost anything is possible, including keeping the Earth healthy.

Comment Re:Use Linux (Score 1) 169

Accessibility in Linux is very far behind Windows. There is work being done, particularly by Red Hat, but for almost everyone else it is low priority and therefore doesn't happen. Installers are particularly low priority for accessibility.

If you really want to use Linux, you will likely need someone with good eyesight to do the installation and the basic accessibility configuration. I tried the built-in screen reader in Gnome, and it was unfortunately not very good.

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