I’ve been seeding many Foss things for years but for some reason, people keep downloading Ubuntu versions that are more than 3 years old.

Any ideas why there is always someone downloading the ancient stuff, especially Ubuntu?

  • MechKit@beehaw.org
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    8 months ago

    I assume it’s not human driven. Maybe some automated archiver? Some bot looking for proof of pirated content, and just downloads everything it finds?

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      8 months ago

      Right, that sounds like a good guess. That makes sense, bots are everywhere.

      • GroteStreet 🦘@aussie.zone
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        8 months ago

        Some of it may be, but the fact that the LTS versions (20.04 & 22.04) are downloaded overwhelmingly more than the others seem to indicate it’s more intentional.

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          8 months ago

          Do old versions of Linux (Ubuntu in this instance) run better on really old hardware? That might be a reason if so.