Michael Riess composed on 2014-10-10 18:29 (UTC+0200):
Cristian Rodríguez composed:
Yamaban composed:
The last AthlonXP sold as new comp was more than seven or so years ago. Fedora, for example, does not give any guaranty for being usable on hardware more than five years old.
Also..SSE2 has been around for over 10 years by now..
may be for Intel but not for AMD
For such old machines there are other distros that deliver more support than openSUSE ever could. For example the "Puppy"-distro.
Have a overview at http://distrowatch.com/ or similar sites.
No need for that really, if 13.1 is an LTS release, one can use that as it will probably outlive the hardware in question.
I hope so
One can also buy SLE 11 for long term support.. there is no 32 bit SLE 12 though ..only 32 bit compatibility packages to run binaries in x86_64.
(only one of)the point(s) is: last year: if you told someone try Linux instead of your old WinXP on your old PC, it will work and will be faster than ever! this year: you tell this one you cant update it is like Windows, you need new hardware! this one will tell you: i told you last year, it doesnt make sense, only work, if i have to buy new hardware i will get a new working Windows with it! ... If it is not possible to set up a i586/non-SSE2 via OBS-compile-flags i have to stick with 13.1 or another Distri
I bought the following (Socket A) Sempron (no SSE2) 8 years ago as of next week. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819104203 http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K7/AMD-Sempron%202400%2B%20-%20SDA2400DUT3D%20... Using it in July I discovered installation YaST segfaults trying to start and filed https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=889714 to report it. On that machine I have working Firefox on both Fedora 21/KDE 4.14.1 and on Mageia 5/KDE 4.14.1, both updated in recent hours, both running newer kernels (3.17) than 13.2 will be released with (3.16). Both F21 and M5 are scheduled for release more than a month after 13.2 release. It's a shame openSUSE packagers have committed to jumping the gun over at least two distros listed higher than openSUSE in distrowatch.com ranking, including the top ten distro with the bleeding-edge reputation, in forcing existing users to choose between abandoning their distro, and abandoning working hardware. At what cost? For what advantage? openSUSE users who *need* whatever performance benefit sse2 offers can upgrade *their* hardware, and choose 64 bit openSUSE. What this is apparently about in reality is openSUSE is being dragged by decisions optimized for SLE12, where there will be no 32 bit offering at all, plus the usual explanation for dropping support for older hardware, dwindling supply of older hardware in the hands of those that do the work. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org