On 08/28/2015 09:35 AM, Richard Brown wrote:
On 28 August 2015 at 13:01, Dsant <forum@votreservice.com> wrote:
No, because I buy old 32 bits hardware...
Dsant, from France
I'm confused where the expectation comes from that new modern operating systems should run on old obsolete hardware
32 bit hardware is no longer produced - this is the very definition of obsolete.
Generally things have a useful lifespan past the end of the last unit being produced. Otherwise manufacturers would have a hard time convincing people to buy stuff once something is targeted to go out of production. Thus I'd say this is a weak argument at best.
Now we have clear indications that the use base of 32-bit Linux is reaching minimal levels, I really do not see the justification for the extra work that supporting the 32-bit intel architecture requires
Fair enough. Later, Robert -- Robert Schweikert MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU Public Cloud Architect LINUX rjschwei@suse.com IRC: robjo