On 2013-12-07 12:12 (GMT-0500) Cristian Rodríguez composed:
Jeff Mahoney composed:
I can share that we are not building
32-bit kernels for any architecture, so a SLE12 kernel used on openSUSE will have zero i586 testing performed on it as part of the SLE testing matrix. While I certainly wouldn't mind it happening, I don't know of any openSUSE plans to drop i586 support just yet.
Wow, that's good news, for openSUSE we must start by changing the download pages that default to 32 bit isos.. then slowly fade i586 away.. I propose 2 releases from now on.
I propose do no fade in foreseeable future, and beyond. I only started doing any 64 bit installs on my own 64 bit capable systems less than a year ago, and observe more cost than benefit except for video applications (and virtualization, which I don't do). I have far more non-capable systems in use than capable, and find whatever benefit 64 bit has over 32 to be outweighed by the *nuisances* and worse that 64 brings: 1-Requires more installation space due to need for various 32 bit libs 2-More RAM used per app and by OS 3-Lack of various native 64 bit plugins and certain apps 4-Lack of apparent speed benefit in popular apps 5-Increasing RAM above 1G or 2G is not cheap when mobo has .5G, 1G or 2G limit, requiring not only newer mobo, but most likely newer CPU and RAM and burdening landfills with otherwise useful equipment 6-inefficient zypper https://features.opensuse.org/316759 Email, social media, banking, shopping & other common computing tasks do not require fast multicore CPUs, 4G+ RAM and 8G+ broadband connectivity. Thus 64 bit for such use offers no material advantages, and comes with non-zero cost. Dropping 32 bit while useful 32 bit systems remain plentiful and useful is ecologically repugnant. -- "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-kernel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+owner@opensuse.org