Linked by Kroc Camen on Mon 22nd Jun 2009 12:16 UTC
Software moves on at a break-neck pace these days--version numbers clock up ever quicker as vendors try to market their apps as the latest and greatest. Software generally ages badly, falling into a state of looking grossly out of date, lacking new functionality that we've come to depend upon as well as compatibility problems. Dear OSNews readers, what old software (5+ years) do you still use, why, and what problems do you come across in sticking with it? Read More for my own contribution to the list
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There are games out there for linux.
http://www.linuxgames.com/
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Assuming you mean "software that hasn't been updated in over 5 years" and not "any software originally created over 5 years ago," my list pretty much comes down to a number of games. Which, incidentally, is the primary reason I dual-boot (which I wish I didn't have to do).
I can't think of a single person I've met who owns a PC (including my parents and grandparents) who doesn't play at least one or two PC games. I'm consistently irritated by how the Linux desktop developers and companies seem to think games are unimportant and that 95% of people just use computers for Web and email. I think most hardcore Linux users are not heavy game players (if they were, they probably wouldn't be hardcore Linux users) and so they have a tough time grasping the fact that most everyone else _is_ a gamer to some degree. This is pretty similar to how most Linux developers have a tough time with good UIs because we have a different idea of "good UI" than most regular users (I prefer a Bash shell, but naturally most people do not).