Re: End of i686 Support

2017-09-07 Thread Jeff Backus
On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 7:41 AM, Tim  wrote:
>
> And, is it still feasible to run the OS on old hardware?  On my older
> 32-bit PCs, the notion of running Gnome or KDE is impossible.  They're
> too slow for being fancy with the graphics card.  And, some can't even
> run a modern distro, because they can only take 1 gig of RAM.  The
> minimum specs for running Fedora have crept up and up over the years.
>

I haven't had any troubles lately on an old laptop with 1 gig of RAM.
Haven't used Gnome or KDE in quite a long time. XFCE is runs fine,
though I usually use something a little more esoteric
(http://notion.sourceforge.net/)

I have a little virtual machine in the wild somewhere with only 256
meg of RAM which has run everything I've needed (UnrealTournament
server, Mumble server, etc.) except DNF, due to the sheer number of
packages in Fedora. Memory usage is normally in the 75M range. Fedora
is still a good a distro for little servers, despite the minimum spec
creep.

jeff

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Re: End of i686 Support

2017-09-07 Thread Christopher Ross

On 06/09/17 12:41, Tim wrote:

Robin Laing
And, is it still feasible to run the OS on old hardware?  On my older
32-bit PCs, the notion of running Gnome or KDE is impossible.  They're
too slow for being fancy with the graphics card.  And, some can't even
run a modern distro, because they can only take 1 gig of RAM.  The
minimum specs for running Fedora have crept up and up over the years.


How old? F26/KDE runs without issues on my "Designed for Windows XP" 
Dell Inspiron 1300, with a 1.5GHz Celeron-M and 2GB of RAM. Albeit as 
slowly as you would expect, though that seems to be mostly due to being 
single core and spinny rust. I have thought about upgrading to an SSD 
but haven't done so yet. It would cost at least as much as the laptop is 
worth!


So, for XP qualified machines, from experience yes you can repurpose 
them to run Fedora w. KDE. There are likely to be many of those about 
now that XP is discontinued and they won't run modern Windows.


Regards,
Chris R.
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Re: End of i686 Support

2017-09-06 Thread Javier Perez
I had to switch to linux mint on two old machines because for some reason,
the X11 server refused to start to get on a graphical session. Not Cool

On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 7:09 AM, Ralf Corsepius  wrote:

> On 09/06/2017 01:41 PM, Tim wrote:
>
>> And, is it still feasible to run the OS on old hardware?
>>
>
> Why should it not be?
>
> Just because some $DEITY@Redhat has decided you to throw away your old
> hardware you must do so?
>
> Up to fc25 it was technically perfectly possible to run Fedora on a
> variety of old hardware. Wth f26 things have tightened - f26 runs on some
> ix86s but doesn't on others.
>
> Whether it is feasible for a personal use case, is up to you to decide.
>
> I chose Fedora because I run Fedora on all of my machines and because I
> didn't want to add the personal load to maintain yet another OS.
>
> Now RH and FESCO seems to be want to push me to draw a decision - ATM, I
> am evaluating other distros and am not sure I will continue support Fedora.
>
>  On my older
>> 32-bit PCs, the notion of running Gnome or KDE is impossible.  They're
>> too slow for being fancy with the graphics card.  And, some can't even
>> run a modern distro, because they can only take 1 gig of RAM.  The
>> minimum specs for running Fedora have crept up and up over the years.
>>
>
> Well, don't read too much into the docs. I have been running Fc26 w/ xfce4
> on a Pentium III w/ 512MB RAM. No way with Gnome or KDE on this system.
>
> Ralf
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Re: End of i686 Support

2017-09-06 Thread Ralf Corsepius

On 09/06/2017 01:41 PM, Tim wrote:

And, is it still feasible to run the OS on old hardware?


Why should it not be?

Just because some $DEITY@Redhat has decided you to throw away your old 
hardware you must do so?


Up to fc25 it was technically perfectly possible to run Fedora on a 
variety of old hardware. Wth f26 things have tightened - f26 runs on 
some ix86s but doesn't on others.


Whether it is feasible for a personal use case, is up to you to decide.

I chose Fedora because I run Fedora on all of my machines and because I 
didn't want to add the personal load to maintain yet another OS.


Now RH and FESCO seems to be want to push me to draw a decision - ATM, I 
am evaluating other distros and am not sure I will continue support Fedora.



 On my older
32-bit PCs, the notion of running Gnome or KDE is impossible.  They're
too slow for being fancy with the graphics card.  And, some can't even
run a modern distro, because they can only take 1 gig of RAM.  The
minimum specs for running Fedora have crept up and up over the years.


Well, don't read too much into the docs. I have been running Fc26 w/ 
xfce4 on a Pentium III w/ 512MB RAM. No way with Gnome or KDE on this 
system.


Ralf
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Re: End of i686 Support

2017-09-06 Thread Tim
Robin Laing
>> BUT.  How many of these places are actually running Linux at 
>> all?  This is a question to be asked.  If the usage is small, then
>> dropping support may be an matter of economy of development
>> resources.

Jeff Backus
> Yes, this is a very important part of the question. If there isn't
> enough interest within the community to actually support i686, or any
> feature for that matter, then it makes sense to move on.

And, is it still feasible to run the OS on old hardware?  On my older
32-bit PCs, the notion of running Gnome or KDE is impossible.  They're
too slow for being fancy with the graphics card.  And, some can't even
run a modern distro, because they can only take 1 gig of RAM.  The
minimum specs for running Fedora have crept up and up over the years.

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Re: End of i686 Support

2017-09-06 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 5 September 2017, Jeff Backus sent:
> One of the reasons this issue has come up is because it is quite
> difficult to quantify how popular a feature is within Fedora.

All my computers are old, and there's a mix of 32- and 64-bit PCs.  I'm
loath to junk working PCs just because they're 32-bit.  So I definitely
want to see it keep going for the short-term future.  My guess is that
in a few years time, the old 32-bit PCs are going to fail all by
themselves due to electronics parts degradation.

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Re: End of i686 Support

2017-09-05 Thread Jeff Backus
On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 9:13 AM, Matthew Miller  wrote:
>
> It's true that we're not "catering to your personal needs", but that's
> not really the issue. As I've explained before, what we need is people
> willing to show up and put in the effort, not just ask that other
> people do stuff for them. It's not a _leadership_ thing — it's a
> _people doing the work_ thing. The other architectures you mention may
> have less marketshare, but we have the contributors we need to make
> them viable. *This* thread is a request from someone interested in
> gathering more people to do that for i686, and as Fedora leadership, I
> totally support that.

Which we greatly appreciate! :)

To add to what Matt said, I would say that the development side of the
community has been generally quite supportive of i686 still be a part
of Fedora - *IF* there are enough people interested in doing the work
of supporting it. As I mentioned earlier, Fedora is a huge project
with a lot more work to do than people to do it, so we have to
prioritize. The ARM and PPC64 SIGs are very active, and thus Fedora
has support for ARM and PPC64.

Are you an i686 user? Do you want to continue to have the latest,
shiniest Fedora on your hardware? Then please come join us. The rest
of the community will give us the space and the positive vibes to
continue that support. We just need to help support the parts of
Fedora that are important to us.

jeff

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Re: End of i686 Support

2017-09-05 Thread Jeff Backus
On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 8:05 AM, Christopher Ross  wrote:
>
> Thanks for the heads up; I have just joined the x86 list on your prompting.

Quite welcome! Welcome aboard!

> For my part I have a lovely, powerful, 64-bit desktop/gaming machine but my
> laptop is an old 32-bit Celeron M with 2G RAM. The latter is mainly used for
> email (this was sent from it) and it is plenty powerful enough for
> everything I use it for. There's no gain in spending money to upgrade it so
> any such spare funds would go to improving the desktop machine. A new
> graphics card perhaps. Nevertheless I greatly value being able to run the
> same distribution (currently F26) on both. If I need to change the
> distribution on the laptop to say, Ubuntu, I'd probably end up changing the
> desktop over too.

Agreed. Why replace something that works perfectly well. These
machines are still great for running everything from e-mail and music
servers, to casual browsing and e-mail. Plus, can't beat free. :)

> I do realise this is of little consequence to the Fedora project, but as you
> asked I thought I'd throw in my 2¢ worth.

Definitely appreciate your 2¢ worth. One of the reasons this issue has
come up is because it is quite difficult to quantify how popular a
feature is within Fedora. The more people who are (positively) vocal
about the parts of Fedora that are important to them, the more desire
there is within the community to support that feature. So thanks!

jeff

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Re: End of i686 Support

2017-09-05 Thread Jeff Backus
On Sun, Sep 3, 2017 at 11:07 PM, Robin Laing  wrote:
> Myself have two i686 machines running.  One will be disposed of in the next
> month or two.  The second one is great for emergencies and as a travel
> (where stupid spy/scan laws prevail) throw away computer.
>
> If support is dropped, the second machine will survive on the latest version
> that runs it until hardware is dead.
>
> My choice is to see i686 to finally end.

You are in the majority on this, but ...

> On the other side of the coin, support for economies where used computers
> are being used, as the cost of new hardware is beyond the level of income
> for these locations.  i686 is a way to provide a working computer system
> without the extra costs.  Support for many of these machines may be
> necessary to provide a level of security.

Exactly! And not just in other economies. In the U.S., you can still
find hardware that will suffice for many uses for next to nothing.
Sure, it might not be a big deal if you are picking up one or two, but
how about 20? I mean, with dirt cheap hardware that is good enough you
can:
* Run a camp for teaching kids to code
* ... or do basic graphical design with Inkscape or gimp
* Teach basic office skills to those not fortunate enough to have
regular access to a computer
* Set up a community center providing access to e-mail and other online services

Those are all common examples in the U.S. that, in many cases, require
access to cheap hardware in order to be viable.

>
> BUT.  How many of these places are actually running Linux at all?  This is a
> question to be asked.  If the usage is small, then dropping support may be
> an matter of economy of development resources.

Yes, this is a very important part of the question. If there isn't
enough interest within the community to actually support i686, or any
feature for that matter, then it makes sense to move on. One of the
great things about the Fedora community is that it quite supportive of
such things - if there is enough interest to drive it.

jeff


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Re: End of i686 Support

2017-09-05 Thread Jeff Backus
On Sun, Sep 3, 2017 at 7:54 PM, Eddie O'Connor  wrote:
> While I  myself don't have any x86 hardware, I know many people whom I've
> introduced to Linux that are running it on their x86 machines. SO yes, this
> architecture should still be supported, (at least until say...'20?...a nice
> round figure!) After that? I might make more sense to drop it since most of
> the OEM's are manufacturing x64 machines only. (Very rarely can you find old
> technology on a manufacturer's web site. check Dell, HP, Lenovo, Acer,
> etcyou'll see nothing but x64 machines)just my two cents. Also I'll
> be passing this link on to those who might be able to contribute. I might
> even find an old PC and try to help out myselfanything for the
> "Fedorians" that make my computing life easier and more pleasant!)

Great! Thanks for spreading the word. The more the merrier!

jeff

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Re: End of i686 Support

2017-09-05 Thread Matthew Miller
On Tue, Sep 05, 2017 at 05:14:33AM +0200, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> running Fedora, but I am now looking for alternative distros because
> Fedora's leadership apparently is not willing to cater my personal
> needs.

It's true that we're not "catering to your personal needs", but that's
not really the issue. As I've explained before, what we need is people
willing to show up and put in the effort, not just ask that other
people do stuff for them. It's not a _leadership_ thing — it's a
_people doing the work_ thing. The other architectures you mention may
have less marketshare, but we have the contributors we need to make
them viable. *This* thread is a request from someone interested in
gathering more people to do that for i686, and as Fedora leadership, I
totally support that.


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Re: End of i686 Support

2017-09-05 Thread Christopher Ross

On 04/09/17 04:07, Robin Laing wrote:

On 03/09/17 09:53, Jeff Backus wrote:
As you may or may not be aware, there is an active discussion on the 
development side as to whether or not we continue to support the x86 
architecture.

...


Is x86 support still important to you? If so, then come join us! We 
need all of the help we can get. Not a developer? No problem! We still 
need people with hardware to help us evaluate software.


Thanks for the heads up; I have just joined the x86 list on your prompting.

For my part I have a lovely, powerful, 64-bit desktop/gaming machine but 
my laptop is an old 32-bit Celeron M with 2G RAM. The latter is mainly 
used for email (this was sent from it) and it is plenty powerful enough 
for everything I use it for. There's no gain in spending money to 
upgrade it so any such spare funds would go to improving the desktop 
machine. A new graphics card perhaps. Nevertheless I greatly value being 
able to run the same distribution (currently F26) on both. If I need to 
change the distribution on the laptop to say, Ubuntu, I'd probably end 
up changing the desktop over too.


I do realise this is of little consequence to the Fedora project, but as 
you asked I thought I'd throw in my 2¢ worth.



Regards,
Chris R.
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Re: End of i686 Support

2017-09-05 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Sep  5 08:45, Andras Simon wrote:
> 2017-09-05 5:14 GMT+02:00, Ralf Corsepius :
> > On 09/04/2017 07:18 PM, Andras Simon wrote:
> >> 2017-09-04 18:36 GMT+02:00, Ralf Corsepius :
> >>> [...]
> >>>
> >>> Actually, I'd recommend Fedora/RH to drop all other "secondary" archs,
> >>> because they do not have a community user base.
> >>
> >> How do you know?
> >
> > - How many arm, s370, ppc or mips machines do you have around?
> >Except of the arm - which some enthusiasts/hobbists may have -
> >probably none.
> >
> > - How many ix86s have been sold?
> >Probably 100s of millions, if not billions.
> >
> > - How many ix86s are still in use?
> >Probably millions, most of them probably running Microsoft Windows.
> >
> >
> > That said, I still have 3 of these around, so far having been running
> > Fedora, but I am now looking for alternative distros because Fedora's
> > leadership apparently is not willing to cater my personal needs.
> >
> 
> To summarize, your answer is that you don't know. Me neither. All I
> know is that I hate the idea of having to install and use some other
> distro on my two x86 netbooks.

Same here, still using an MSI Wind U100 Netbook with Fedora 26 and
happily so.


Corinna
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Re: End of i686 Support

2017-09-04 Thread Andras Simon
2017-09-05 5:14 GMT+02:00, Ralf Corsepius :
> On 09/04/2017 07:18 PM, Andras Simon wrote:
>> 2017-09-04 18:36 GMT+02:00, Ralf Corsepius :
>>> [...]
>>>
>>> Actually, I'd recommend Fedora/RH to drop all other "secondary" archs,
>>> because they do not have a community user base.
>>
>> How do you know?
>
> - How many arm, s370, ppc or mips machines do you have around?
>Except of the arm - which some enthusiasts/hobbists may have -
>probably none.
>
> - How many ix86s have been sold?
>Probably 100s of millions, if not billions.
>
> - How many ix86s are still in use?
>Probably millions, most of them probably running Microsoft Windows.
>
>
> That said, I still have 3 of these around, so far having been running
> Fedora, but I am now looking for alternative distros because Fedora's
> leadership apparently is not willing to cater my personal needs.
>

To summarize, your answer is that you don't know. Me neither. All I
know is that I hate the idea of having to install and use some other
distro on my two x86 netbooks.
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Re: End of i686 Support

2017-09-04 Thread Ralf Corsepius

On 09/04/2017 07:18 PM, Andras Simon wrote:

2017-09-04 18:36 GMT+02:00, Ralf Corsepius :

[...]

Actually, I'd recommend Fedora/RH to drop all other "secondary" archs,
because they do not have a community user base.


How do you know?


- How many arm, s370, ppc or mips machines do you have around?
  Except of the arm - which some enthusiasts/hobbists may have -
  probably none.

- How many ix86s have been sold?
  Probably 100s of millions, if not billions.

- How many ix86s are still in use?
  Probably millions, most of them probably running Microsoft Windows.


That said, I still have 3 of these around, so far having been running 
Fedora, but I am now looking for alternative distros because Fedora's 
leadership apparently is not willing to cater my personal needs.




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Re: End of i686 Support

2017-09-04 Thread Andras Simon
2017-09-04 18:36 GMT+02:00, Ralf Corsepius :
>[...]
>
> Actually, I'd recommend Fedora/RH to drop all other "secondary" archs,
> because they do not have a community user base.

How do you know?
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Re: End of i686 Support

2017-09-04 Thread Ralf Corsepius

On 09/04/2017 05:20 PM, Matthew Miller wrote:

On Mon, Sep 04, 2017 at 10:32:33AM -0400, Tom Horsley wrote:

I'd hope the plan is to do this much the same way as centos.
Drop i686 kernels and programs, but continue to provide
i686 libraries for legacy 32 bit programs which have no
source code so they can continue to run. There are a lot of them
out there people use (adobe reader comes to mind).


a) I do not agree with this view.

b) To my knowledge, Adobe reader already is broken by other packaging 
bugs in Fedora 26/x86_64.



Unless an active maintainer community forms around the i686 kernel and
boot process, yes, the above is the plan; we won't drop i686 userspace
on x86_64 kernel for... a long time.


... or Red Hat to revert this plan

Actually, I'd recommend Fedora/RH to drop all other "secondary" archs, 
because they do not have a community user base.

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Re: End of i686 Support

2017-09-04 Thread Matthew Miller
On Mon, Sep 04, 2017 at 10:32:33AM -0400, Tom Horsley wrote:
> I'd hope the plan is to do this much the same way as centos.
> Drop i686 kernels and programs, but continue to provide
> i686 libraries for legacy 32 bit programs which have no
> source code so they can continue to run. There are a lot of them
> out there people use (adobe reader comes to mind).

Unless an active maintainer community forms around the i686 kernel and
boot process, yes, the above is the plan; we won't drop i686 userspace
on x86_64 kernel for... a long time.

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Re: End of i686 Support

2017-09-04 Thread Tom Horsley
I'd hope the plan is to do this much the same way as centos.
Drop i686 kernels and programs, but continue to provide
i686 libraries for legacy 32 bit programs which have no
source code so they can continue to run. There are a lot of them
out there people use (adobe reader comes to mind).
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Re: End of i686 Support

2017-09-03 Thread Robin Laing

On 03/09/17 09:53, Jeff Backus wrote:

Hello Fedora!

As you may or may not be aware, there is an active discussion on the 
development side as to whether or not we continue to support the x86 
architecture.


There are a lot of exciting things happening within the Fedora community 
on top of the amazing and significant effort we put into making sure 
Fedora is stable, robust, and on the bleeding edge. And unfortunately, 
the contributors doing all of this work are a limited resource so we 
have to prioritize where we focus our attention.


Since x86-based hardware isn't very common anymore, it is understandable 
that most of the development side of the community is ready to move on 
and focus on other things that directly impact them. However, some of us 
still have a desire to see Fedora continue to support this venerable 
architecture.


Is x86 support still important to you? If so, then come join us! We need 
all of the help we can get. Not a developer? No problem! We still need 
people with hardware to help us evaluate software.


For those interested, you can find more information on the x86 
Architectures page:

    https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/x86

You can also find us on the x86 mailing list:
    x...@lists.fedoraproject.org

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/x86.lists.fedoraproject.org/


We're also holding an organizational meeting on IRC in #fedora-meeting-2 
on September 6th at 1900 UTC. We'd love to see you there!


jeff



Myself have two i686 machines running.  One will be disposed of in the 
next month or two.  The second one is great for emergencies and as a 
travel (where stupid spy/scan laws prevail) throw away computer.


If support is dropped, the second machine will survive on the latest 
version that runs it until hardware is dead.


My choice is to see i686 to finally end.

On the other side of the coin, support for economies where used 
computers are being used, as the cost of new hardware is beyond the 
level of income for these locations.  i686 is a way to provide a working 
computer system without the extra costs.  Support for many of these 
machines may be necessary to provide a level of security.


BUT.  How many of these places are actually running Linux at all?  This 
is a question to be asked.  If the usage is small, then dropping support 
may be an matter of economy of development resources.


Robin
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Re: End of i686 Support

2017-09-03 Thread Eddie O'Connor
While I  myself don't have any x86 hardware, I know many people whom I've
introduced to Linux that are running it on their x86 machines. SO yes, this
architecture should still be supported, (at least until say...'20?...a nice
round figure!) After that? I might make more sense to drop it since most of
the OEM's are manufacturing x64 machines only. (Very rarely can you find
old technology on a manufacturer's web site. check Dell, HP, Lenovo, Acer,
etcyou'll see nothing but x64 machines)just my two cents. Also I'll
be passing this link on to those who might be able to contribute. I might
even find an old PC and try to help out myselfanything for the
"Fedorians" that make my computing life easier and more pleasant!)

Cheers!

EGO II

On Sun, Sep 3, 2017 at 11:53 AM, Jeff Backus  wrote:

> Hello Fedora!
>
> As you may or may not be aware, there is an active discussion on the
> development side as to whether or not we continue to support the x86
> architecture.
>
> There are a lot of exciting things happening within the Fedora community
> on top of the amazing and significant effort we put into making sure Fedora
> is stable, robust, and on the bleeding edge. And unfortunately, the
> contributors doing all of this work are a limited resource so we have to
> prioritize where we focus our attention.
>
> Since x86-based hardware isn't very common anymore, it is understandable
> that most of the development side of the community is ready to move on and
> focus on other things that directly impact them. However, some of us still
> have a desire to see Fedora continue to support this venerable architecture.
>
> Is x86 support still important to you? If so, then come join us! We need
> all of the help we can get. Not a developer? No problem! We still need
> people with hardware to help us evaluate software.
>
> For those interested, you can find more information on the x86
> Architectures page:
>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/x86
>
> You can also find us on the x86 mailing list:
>x...@lists.fedoraproject.org
>https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/x86.lists.fedor
> aproject.org/
>
> We're also holding an organizational meeting on IRC in #fedora-meeting-2
> on September 6th at 1900 UTC. We'd love to see you there!
>
> jeff
>
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> Jeff Backus
> jeff.bac...@gmail.com
> http://github.com/jsbackus
> http://gitlab.com/jsbackus
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End of i686 Support

2017-09-03 Thread Jeff Backus

Hello Fedora!

As you may or may not be aware, there is an active discussion on the 
development side as to whether or not we continue to support the x86 
architecture.

There are a lot of exciting things happening within the Fedora community on top 
of the amazing and significant effort we put into making sure Fedora is stable, 
robust, and on the bleeding edge. And unfortunately, the contributors doing all 
of this work are a limited resource so we have to prioritize where we focus our 
attention.

Since x86-based hardware isn't very common anymore, it is understandable that 
most of the development side of the community is ready to move on and focus on 
other things that directly impact them. However, some of us still have a desire 
to see Fedora continue to support this venerable architecture.

Is x86 support still important to you? If so, then come join us! We need all of 
the help we can get. Not a developer? No problem! We still need people with 
hardware to help us evaluate software.

For those interested, you can find more information on the x86 Architectures 
page:
   https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/x86

You can also find us on the x86 mailing list:
   x...@lists.fedoraproject.org
   https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/x86.lists.fedoraproject.org/

We're also holding an organizational meeting on IRC in #fedora-meeting-2 on 
September 6th at 1900 UTC. We'd love to see you there!

jeff

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http://gitlab.com/jsbackus
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