RHEL/SL is abandoning 32 bits, but many other distros continue to support
them, and probably will for while. Debian is one example; they even still
support PowerPC.
Steve Gaarder
System Administrator, Dept of Mathematics
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
gaar...@math.cornell.edu
On Mon, 15 Dec 2014, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
I was sad to learn that there will not be a 32 bit version of
SL7 / RHEL7 . I run older T60 laptops with 3x4 aspect ratio
screens, and have a stockpile of spares and screens and keyboards
that should last a long time. I dislike "runt screen" AKA wide
screen displays. However, my venerable laptops use 32 bit
processors.
I hope to have enough 3x4 goodness to last as long as I do, and
machines that will keep working for my wife (and her business) who
will likely outlive me. However, Redhat stops providing security
support of the 6 series of distros after 2023. I love the SL
community, and would love to keep upgrading SL distros forever,
and also keep using the old 32 bit machines, but it appears that
I must give up one or the other soon, or deal with some big
changes when I no longer have the ability to adapt to them.
Are there other distros with even longer LTS policies than SL and
RHEL? Is there some way to keep supporting SL6x with security
updates long after RH stops providing them? Some in our community
may have built measurement systems around 32 bit CPUs that must
keep collecting data far into the future - what is the plan?
Keith
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Keith Lofstrom kei...@kl-ic.com
