I have not updated yet.
I began to investigate after pacman began throwing warnings when I tried to update only a couple of packages. (0AD and Firefox)
Just because upstream / OEM does not Support Legacy hardware anymore does NOT mean there aren’t a lot of people Still using legacy hardware.
Understanding their planned obsolescence model to force new sales explains why they drop support. ~ I think Apple & Microsoft pioneered it.
Most people do not need new, faster, hardware for general everyday use.
Laptop quality and resolution actually regressed when smart devices came out, with gaming and professional machines being the exception.
Yes this hardware is Legacy and therefore Does Not Change / does not need Hardware driver updates anymore. – If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
There is nothing wrong with these old machines, many are still floating around in constant use, selling on ebay and other places.
Not to mention that many people around the world cannot afford to buy new or upgrade.
What we do need is for maintainers to maintain legacy availability and stop hosing our systems just because _____ insert reason here. (drop 32bit /drop legacy/whatever.)
Everytime this happens the web gets flooded with searches.
Yes we all know nvidia sucks, but it is what it is and these are the cards we drew.
I’ve got New hardware that has less support than my old collection of laptops, desktops and datacenter servers that I still use as daily drivers and that is why I haven’t converted the new machines over to linux yet.
I understand that the kitchen sink is getting too damn big for the house and no distro can continue to drag all hardware ever made along for the ride as the monolith grows.
But that does not mean They (or you manjaro) have to drop support.
Hardware support should be Modular just like the kernel selection tool.
PLEASE provide a special section for legacy support in the repositories, forum, and website with errata and change logs to help us diagnose, debug and prepare so we can keep our old clunkers clunking along.
Thank you for your understanding, consideration and help!
Happy New Year!!