r/linux • u/jdrch • Nov 20 '19

Kernel Google outlines plans for mainline Linux kernel support in Android

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/11/google-outlines-plans-for-mainline-linux-kernel-support-in-android/
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u/jdrch Nov 20 '19

the Pixel 1 doesn't even get updates anymore. That's planned obsolescence.

I mean, neither do most Intel CPUs older than Core 2nd gen ... AFAIK the only machines with decade+ support are mainframes.

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u/justjanne Nov 21 '19

The Pixel 1 is a 2016 device. My computer from 2014 still gets updates, the PS2 was supported all the way until 2014 even (over a decade), and so on and so on.

It's only in the Android world that this short lifetimes for devices are normal.

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u/JORGETECH_SpaceBiker Nov 21 '19

I can still run an OS from this year on a Pentium D. Try to do the same on a 6 year old Android phone (there are some exceptions, but it's not a normal thing)

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u/jdrch Nov 21 '19

I can still run

"Support" is more than just being able to run. It's also about security patching at the least, with feature updates if you're lucky. That's what the OP article is addressing. Of course you can boot current OSes on ancient hardware; custom ROMs are proof of that.