David C. Rankin wrote:
Arch moved away from i586 a year or two ago (it's still available as a separate sub-distro), and it makes sense for SUSE to do the same. While it is a disappointment that alot of good hardware is now, 2nd-class, but the increasing maintenance challenges for both justify the split.
Oh, I don't mind either, this is just a single test system that is still running TW i586, for whatever reason. Looks like it dates back to 2015. I think the only other i586 hardware we had were Proliant G3s, but those are looooong gone.
The funny thing is while there is ample support for low-powered boxes like the Pi, the old i586 hardware will run circles around it, but is now considered "old" for some reason. Go figure...
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