Source?

The fact that Debian is not on your list makes me doubt that it’s accurate or complete and while I’ve been using Linux as my primary desktop for over 25 years, I’ve never heard of any of those distributions listed.

I’m guessing that the answer to that is … as soon as openai collapses … hopefully.

The article explains precisely what it is and why … it’s even written in English.

What is your budget?

What size do you want?

What screen resolution?

Which GPU?

And if you want warranty, which country are you in?

This seems relevant:

https://youtu.be/Fu3laL5VYdM

Is it just me, or does that seem … abrupt?

Charging him with a crime sounds like a good start … though I doubt that will happen anytime soon.

So … the US Congress can just summon a citizen from a different country … and the citizen is compelled to … do what exactly?

ProTip: the Ubuntu version number includes the year and month of release. 26.04 will be released in April 2026. 26.10 in October 2026.

What they’ll do when they hit 2100 is left as a rollover issue for the next poor sod.

Yes. Look up LOGO.

In other news, Aussie Influencer discovers that the UK has an even stricter social media ban…

Which counties voted what and what was their voting record over the last 33 years on the issue condemning the USA blockade of Cuba?

It means your coffee pod machine just came online and the coffee is currently spewing from the spout … probably.

I wonder what the criteria are to define what an artist is, or what requirements are needed to qualify for such assistance.

How would you suggest I respond in the future?

We have a person, claiming that CUPS doesn’t work and they now uninstall it on every installation.

There is no context, no data, no information that suggests what the issue is, what they tried, when this occurred, on which platform, under which conditions.

In other words, the user was essentially saying “CUPS sux”.

Having used Linux as my main system for over 25 years, that sentiment did not match my own experience, does not help anyone, not me, not the user and not the OP who was trying to solve a problem, let alone anyone else reading along.

I responded accordingly.

This has not been my experience … at … all.

Perhaps it would be helpful to discover what exactly doesn’t work for you and fix that, rather than remove CUPS because one time it didn’t work for you seven years ago.

You could print to CUPS from the other devices and potentially bypass all those shenanigans.

Also, CUPS has a PDF printer which saves you from even heating up your printer at all … I haven’t had a printer in my life for over 25 years.

The point I was trying to make is that End Of Life is in the eye of the beholder. Just because it doesn’t get any updates from the manufacturer, doesn’t mean that the user has to throw it away.

Similarly, a user can give the device to a second hand store and the next user can use it … and so on.

As I said, it is not a fixed date or concept.

It essentially depends on what level of support you require.

End Of Life is a concept, not generally a fixed point in time … even though the likes of Microsoft are attempting to rewrite history and making everyone move off Windows 10 by a specific date.

And just like in that situation, you have options.

You can consider your relationship with Microsoft at an end and install a different OS, or you can continue the relationship and buy new hardware even though there’s absolutely nothing wrong with what you currently have.

The same is true for a router.

The decision around EOL is about what happens next.

Do you want to yell at the supplier if it breaks, or will you realise that yelling only happens if you spend money on lawyers, and in the meantime you can move on with your life and decide on an alternative path.

My car is worth $700 or so, even though I bought it new 15 years ago. Is it at the end of its life? It’s still getting me from here to there and back.

The Australian government has just emailed the following:

ASD’s ACSC is aware of targeting of multiple vulnerabilities within Australia impacting Cisco ASA 5500-X Series models, that are running Cisco ASA Software or FTD software:

CVE-2025-20333 (Critical) – A vulnerability in the VPN web server of Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected device.

CVE-2025-20363 (Critical) – A vulnerability in the web services of Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software, Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software, Cisco IOS Software, Cisco IOS XE Software, and Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker (Cisco ASA and FTD Software) or authenticated, remote attacker (Cisco IOS, IOS XE, and IOS XR Software) with low user privileges to execute arbitrary code on an affected device.

CVE-2025-20362 (Medium) – A vulnerability in the VPN web server of Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access restricted URL endpoints that should otherwise be inaccessible without authentication.

A number of versions of Cisco software releases are affected, including those within the following ranges:

Cisco ASA Software releases 9.12 to 9.23x and; Cisco FTD Software releases 7.0 to 7.7x.

Please see

https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/resources/asa_ftd_continued_attacks for specific version details.

Cisco reports active exploitation of these vulnerabilities has been observed globally.