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"In a time where computing epitomizes industrial waste, permacomputing encourages the maximizing of hardware lifespans, minimizing energy use and focussing on the use of already available computational resources." (from the permacomputing wiki)

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Linux kernel will soon drop ~~i386~~ (32-bit) support (web.archive.org)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by activistPnk@slrpnk.net to c/permacomputing

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The article title is “Debian Likely Moving Away From i386 In The Near Future” but according to the article Debian will drop i386 support because it will be dropped from the kernel. Seems like bad news for permacomputing folks.

(EDIT) modified the title since it seems more accurate to say that 32-bit support is being dropped. (reference)

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[–] lmemsm@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

At least operating systems like FreeDOS and NetBSD will still be supporting 32 bit platforms for a while. Also, ELKS is incredible if you're interested in 16 bit Linux.

[–] activistPnk@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago

Thanks for the feedback.. that’s good news considering I recently bought a 2nd-hand NAS that’s 32bit.