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

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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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[-] feoh 1 points 11 months ago

So it's interesting reading all the folks talking about permacomputing and the like.

And I think there's merit to keeping those architectures around.

But let's turn this on its head, shall we? Where do we get the people who still have that hardware who are willing to actively take part in Linux kernel development?

Like, to become facile enough with the process, tools and codebase to be able to bear the load of writing new security patches as vulnerabilities are found?

It's a hard problem. The number of people actively contributing to Linux is large in aggregate but VANISHINGLY small when it comes to any particular area of interest.

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