John,
On 11/2/22 14:28, John Dale (DB2DOM) wrote:
On 11/2/22, Christopher Schultz wrote:
If you are bemoaning the Linux kernel dropping support for i486, you
might want to read about /why/ they are doing it.
Honestly I'm not much of a bomoaner. I am pretty conservative when it
comes to thr
On 11/2/22, Christopher Schultz wrote:
> John,
>
> On 11/2/22 12:41, John Dale (DB2DOM) wrote:
> >
> > [snip]
> >
>> I love some of the newer hardware, too, but even Raspberry Pi is not
>> yet 64 bit, is it?
>
> It depends on which one. The Wikipedia article on RPi lists 4 different
> units, 3
John,
On 11/2/22 12:41, John Dale (DB2DOM) wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
I love some of the newer hardware, too, but even Raspberry Pi is not
yet 64 bit, is it?
It depends on which one. The Wikipedia article on RPi lists 4 different
units, 3 of which are 64-bit.
> [snip]
>
Can an old 32 bit machine
Excellent!
My confusion was due to the slow-coming 64 bit OS release.
Thanks for clearing that up.
I'm using the 64 bit version on most of my devices.
John
On 11/2/22, Felix Schumacher wrote:
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> Am 02.11.22 um 17:41 schrieb John Dale (DB2DOM):
>> Chris enters the room, gazes upon seven orcs
Am 02.11.22 um 17:41 schrieb John Dale (DB2DOM):
Chris enters the room, gazes upon seven orcs, draws his sword, and
opens the can of worms.
Ooooh .. Philosophy.
I love philosophy.
:)
Good philosophy starts with good questions.
I love some of the newer hardware, too, but even Raspberry Pi is
Chris enters the room, gazes upon seven orcs, draws his sword, and
opens the can of worms.
Ooooh .. Philosophy.
I love philosophy.
:)
Good philosophy starts with good questions.
I love some of the newer hardware, too, but even Raspberry Pi is not
yet 64 bit, is it?
The dell computer that I'm
John,
On 10/27/22 11:03, John Dale (DB2DOM) wrote:
Does anyone know of a report detailing how much of this older hardware
is still out there and floating around?
You mean like a list of all pieced of hardware ever sold and never scrapped?
I think that would be practically impossible.
I have
Does anyone know of a report detailing how much of this older hardware
is still out there and floating around?
Big picture:
It's a lot of computer power in the event manufacturing hits a hiccup,
I wouldn't want to be caught flat-footed until it could be
re-established. I like to build distilled p
Shawn,
On 10/26/22 00:14, Shawn Heisey wrote:
The Linux kernel dropped support for 386 and 486 CPUs some time ago.
I was reading about this today, actually. Linux is currently actively
advocating for dropping 486 support, so it must still be in there.
-chris
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