On 13-08-2025 15:36, Programowanie i Granie wrote:
Hey Debian Devs,
Look, I’ve been hanging around the Debian scene for ages, so first
off, big shoutout for keeping this wild machine running all these
years. Seriously, you’re legends.
But I gotta be honest, the news about scrapping i386 support in
Trixie? Kinda hit like a brick. Yeah, I get it, there’s probably a
mountain of technical headaches and, sure, 32-bit machines aren’t
exactly the hot new thing. Still, there’s a bunch of us out here (and
a lot of folks in schools, or just scraping by) who keep these old
boxes alive. Sometimes that’s all you’ve got, you know?
Keeping i386 around isn’t just about nostalgia. We’re talking less
e-waste (Mother Earth will thank you), plus giving people with tight
budgets a shot at decent, up-to-date software. Feels pretty important
to me.
Anyway, appreciate all you do, Debian’s still one of the best things
out there. Maybe there’s a way to keep the old hardware crowd in the
loop a little longer? Just tossing it out there.
Thanks for reading my ramble,
Piotr
i386 has been phased out a long time ago by many software projects as
well as operating systems. Even in Debian, it was still on life support
and now that life support is gone.
I don't think it's sustainable to continue such an outdated architecture
where almost every software project has abandoned the work for it as
maintenance needs time and people, both of which aren't worth it for
such an outdated architecture.
Bookworm is still supported and will move into LTS soon so you still
have time to consider moving to amd64 or other architecture.
Older Thinkpads with amd64 chips go for a pretty affordable price.
Perhaps you could consider those.
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