[ubuntu-studio-users] Survey - When should i386 support end?

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Tue, 9 Aug 2016 22:14:59 +0100, David King wrote:
>I still use my 32-bit netbook, it requires a 32-bit OS, and I have
>tried several based on Ubuntu. All work well, and if no more 32-bit OS
>then it would be stuck on an old Linux, as it was well-built and has
>kept going for at least 7 years, with only a change of SSD in the
>first year, and a new battery last year.
>
>And then there's the Raspberry Pi, not sure if new ones might be
>64-bit, but I have two which are 32-bit.

You might want to read this:

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2016-August/286771.html
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2016-August/286772.html
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2016-August/286773.html
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2016-August/286774.html
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2016-August/286775.html

You might have noticed that the conversational partner has got an
ubuntu.com email address. You should assume that the attitude of Ubuntu
is far away from what Ubuntu claims to be.

Actually you already could trash machines such as mine, with a 64-bit
dual-core, just because it doesn't provide SSE3, let alone that neither
my build in ATI, nor my PCIe NVIDI graphics is fast enough for usage
with desktop environments such as GNOME, at least when using FLOSS
drivers.

I still own a 32-bit mobo with an AGP graphics and I didn't sold the RAM
of that machine, when a friend ask me to sell it, because I thought
that I will use it some day, but seemingly this machine is completely
unusable nowadays.

Regards,
Ralf