Jaromil <jaro...@dyne.org> wrote: > from what I understand Simon is saying here, he is not being > understood really. What he is suggesting is to add a small > documentation text that, in case one doesn't knows what to choose, > mentions what is the most common choice in case of most common setups > (today is clearly i686) and when/why to choose otherwise, also linking > to simple explanations that may help orienting people to choose their > installation medium according to their target hardware.
Yes indeed, that is exactly it. I may have got some of my terms wrong since I've kinda lost track of what image runs on what hardware. As I mentioned in an earlier message, it's only recently that I got relatively new hardware at work and so was stuck on (IIRC) i386 images (for the VMs) as the newest that would run on any of my hosts. It is my understanding (and I stand to be corrected) that "new" processors can all run amd64 images and that this would be the "default" choice of image unless you know you need something else. Alessandro Selli <alessandrose...@linux.com> wrote: > Right. This is the reason because a lot of people download x86 images: all > those who still have 32bit hardware, they're installing GNU/Linux on it, > because it is the only current and maintained OS that runs on a platform that > proprietary, mainstream OSes abandoned years ago. > > 32bit Intel compatible platforms are not going to disappear soon as several > embedded, specialized appliances, networking devices, IoT devices, > mediacenters and so forth are still being produced based on 32bit processors. Indeed, hence why no suggestion to remove the images - just to put a note in to point those who do not run "old" hardware to information to help them choose the right image for their kit. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
