[tinco]

Linux has done no such thing. The author is complaining about specifically Linux distributions with graphical user interfaces.

"Linux developers are suffering from the Microsoft disease. Namely, they seem to be too busy chasing the latest fads"

This is also a ridiculous statement. It has traditionally always been Microsoft that wasn't chasing the latest fads. Microsoft has always been late to any new developments and technologies. Apple and Linux have always been the first in class there.

If you want a well supported operating system on your old computer, install Windows on it. Don't rely on the work of enthousiasts that are just trying to build the best next thing.

[Tepix]

He's looking for operating systems that are up-to-date. A currently supported Windows will not run on a 20 year old computer with 256MB of RAM.

[anilakar]

But what will run on that Windows even if you could install it on one? Yes, I'm intentionally begging the question here.

[Tepix]

You could run old software on it of course.