On 2025-08-18 00:09, Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues wrote:
Quoting Marc Haber (2025-08-14 11:23:02)On Wed, 13 Aug 2025 22:10:26 +0100, Wookey <woo...@wookware.org> wrote:plus giving people with tight budgets a shot at decent, up-to-date software.There is loads of old 64-bit hardware that can be had at freecycle prices to replace the power-hungry i386 kit you are still running.Since one of the major competitors is killing support for older x86_64 CPUs next months, there should be an ample amount of such machines on the market.You do not need Microsoft to kill Windows support for older machines for this to happen. And why did you avoid naming the company and product responsible for this disaster?
I actually initially read that as a reference to RHEL 9, which is requiring x86_64-v2 (and RHEL 10 will require x86_64-v3). I suppose it could have been a reference to Windows 11, which is requiring a TPM; while that's not technically a CPU baseline bump, it has similar practical effects.
-- Richard
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