Dropping pre-i686 from the archive

[Peter Garrett]

On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 23:09:02 +0100
Oliver Grawert <ogra at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> > Personally, being able to run Ubuntu on low-end platforms seems worth more
> > to me.  µbuntu doesn't exist yet, and it's not clear to me that it would be
> > worthwhile to rebuild the entire archive for it.
> as the guy who gets asked nearly daily about the possibility to run
> pentium I and 486 systems as thin clients with edubuntu i very strongly
> oppose this step ... especially backwards compatibility to such lowend
> systems gains us a lot of users in poorer countries, please keep at
> least 586 comaptibility.

I strongly agree. Please remember those who can still make good use of old
hardware for thin clients - not to mention basic servers for less
demanding tasks.

Ubuntu should keep the perspective that it is for everyone, not just
people who can afford the luxury of powerful hardware.

Peter

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