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

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months 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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[-] Draconic_NEO 3 points 10 months ago

The CADT model at it's finest. It's funny because Linux is considered the de facto choice for legacy hardware because it runs so well on it, or at least used to. The fact is the development model used by distros (and apparently also the Linux kernel as well) is absolutely awful, and it inevitably hurts movements that depend on it such as Permacomputing.

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