My opinion on Ubuntu cancelling Intel 80386/80386-clone processor support

[Thierry Andriamirado]

Le 11 septembre 2016 21:43:03 UTC+03:00, Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net> a écrit :

>That's entirely true. For users who don't need the user-friendliness
>provided by Ubuntu there are anyway better distros available to "tune"
>weak computers more easily. Anyway, for doing this much knowledge is
>required. The user-friendliness of Ubuntu has got several weak points,

I thought Ubuntu was a good Linux distro and I was happy that "everybody" could use it (desktop, education..)
But if I understand what is happening, do we have to stop pushing Ubuntu to users owning old hardwares, and go back to Debian as in the good old day? 5 years remaining until 2021, and we always hope to use newly acquired equipment over 5 years.

>but its importance shouldn't be underestimated, especially, but not
>only, for less educated people. The distro's name "Ubuntu" wasn't
>chosen
>randomly. This word has got a meaning.

This word, the name Ubuntu, was one of the reasons I downloaded Ubuntu (maybe) 10 years ago. Eventually, it replaced my Debian boxes one by one, and even a RedHat one and a Mandriva one ;)
The name and the fact that its creator was South African, has created in me a lot of hope. Naively, I must say ;)

>During this thread somebody mentioned computers somewhere in the bush.

Me.

>The users of those computers had no chance to participate on the
>survey.
>
>So IMHO the question is a trade-off. The Ubuntu maintainers could
>support both 64 bit and 32 bit support in the past and they are still
>doing it. By keeping the boats and computers in the bush in mind, is
>continuing to drag around this anchor in the future still worth the
>effort?
>
>I had more tendencies to say "no" before this discussion started.

I understand that the Ubuntu developers must choose.
What is important now is to know that doing advocacy for Linux in developing countries  must integrate this 2021 deadline.

>During
>this discussion my opinion tends more and more to think that 32 bit
>support by Ubuntu still is very important. Taking no account that PAE

This is my opinion too.
Now, if we can not, well.. we can not! ;)
We'll see.

>What is the borderline requirement for the Ubuntu user target group,
>resp. who is this target group?

That is now the question. As I have now to adapt my Linux distros advocacies and recommendations.

Regards,
Thierry


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