End Of An Era: Linus Torvalds Marks Floppy Disks ‘Orphaned’

guest · Jul 29, 2019

End Of An Era: Linus Torvalds Marks Floppy Disks ‘Orphaned’
July 29, 2019
https://fossbytes.com/linus-torvalds-marks-floppy-disks-orphaned/

Recently, Linus Torvalds added a software commit on Github containing the code to patch drivers for native floppy disk controllers. In the commit, Linus has left a subtle hint about the end of an era. He mentions that Jiri, a popular Linux kernel developer, no longer has a working floppy disk, which is why Linux is marking the floppy driver as “orphaned.”

The commit reads, “Actual working physical floppy hardware is getting hard to find, and while Willy was able to test this, I think the driver can be considered pretty much dead from an actual hardware standpoint.” Linus has ensured that support still exists for USB floppy drives.
At the back of our mind, we have already accepted that floppy disks have gone obsolete but Linus’ words hit right in the feel.
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