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Jonas: I too am interested in Richard's project but I do not have his ability to program. My needs are well served by something like Luit Linux ( abandoned long ago) running on a genuine i486 or an early pentium with a non-PAE CPU. Out of the world's nearly 7 billion people , how many are living outside the "developed countries" and can afford the shiny new 64-bit processors? As a matter of fact what type of a computer are the vast majority of these people use? I was shocked to learn that Debian dropped 32-bit support starting in the near future. How many of the computer users need or use the power of a 64-bit CPUs and multi -gigabytes of RAM/ HD space. Pardon my non-PC language but all these new Linux distros filling more than one DVD, requiring enormous 'horse power' are being written to be used by whom? ..Joe sixpack or to impress other geeks? regards harsha godavari Jonas please understand my frustration at this wholesale abandonment of the common user. Try downloading the first DVD of Debian on an uncertain land line where the Telco charges by the minute ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "Jonas Smedegaard " < dr @ jones . dk > To: debian -blends@lists. debian .org Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2016 9:26:03 PM Subject: Reaching Richard (Was: Towards a Debian for minimalists) Quoting Jonas Smedegaard (2016-07-14 17:58:29) > Hi Richard, @Richard: If you read this, please note that your mail system refuses to accept emails from me (it apparently uses Barracuda which is arguably a mobster scheme: pay or your mail domain will be flagged as being a spammer ). Also, please keep the discussion on this public list if possible: I am genuinely interested in your ideas, but open collaboration is of high priority for me. If you need to discuss something discretely then explicitly explain why. Making me accept the burden of keeping secrets takes some convincing. Kind regards, - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf .: +45 40843136 Website: http :// dr . jones . dk / [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
