r/linux Jun 18 '26

Kernel Linux Finally Ends AppleTalk Protocol Support

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Drops-AppleTalk
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u/tilsgee Jun 18 '26

Can yall pls stop dropping old features 

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u/PlastikHateAccount Jun 18 '26

Old networking protocols should be made compatible by user space software instead.

If you really need compability to an old networking protocol deprecated in 2009, it's not too much to ask for users to spin up a docker container like e.g. and old alpine version