Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] i386 architecture will be dropped starting with eoan (Ubuntu 19.10)

2019-07-02 Thread Michel Memeteau - EKIMIA
Hi, Ubuntu 18.04 is supported until 2028, so there will still be this option until 2028 for i386 <--> Michel Memeteau - Directeur. Tchater directement avec nous

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] i386 architecture will be dropped starting with eoan (Ubuntu 19.10)

2019-06-28 Thread lukefromdc
That may be practical in the US and Europe, but far less practical for say, an activist media maker in a Rio favela opposing Bolsonaro's efforts to "cleanse" the city of the poor. S/he might be limited to the hardware on hand, and an upgrade requirement will be translated into a change distro or do

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] i386 architecture will be dropped starting with eoan (Ubuntu 19.10)

2019-06-24 Thread Kris Komar
It’s time to move on. Having 1GB of RAM is no longer acceptable in computing today. We need to move forward. You could have argued that point in 2010 to some success but it’s 2019. 2019! They will need to upgrade. > On Jun 21, 2019, at 9:33 AM, Luigino Bracci wrote: > > I also disagree with t

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] i386 architecture will be dropped starting with eoan (Ubuntu 19.10)

2019-06-24 Thread Luigino Bracci
I also disagree with this decision. In my country, there is A LOT of hardware (minilaptops, old computers) with just 1 GB of RAM; those computers have 64-bit CPUs, but we recommend installing 32-bit distros on them, because the performance of a 64-bit distribution in 1 GB of RAM is disappointing; i