On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 10:13 PM, Len Ovens <l...@ovenwerks.net> wrote: > How does this affect users who use 32bit wine so they can use the standard > 32bit VST/VSTi? In other words the biggest reason for 32 bit ISOs on 64 bit > machines in Audio I know is to be able to use windows VST and VSTi. Aside > from using perfectly good HW that would otherwise be thrown away.
Wine will keep working until some long long future point where we drop i386 archive. (Was discussed for a brief bit about being 18.10 timeframe, but that's been taken fully from the discussion). Wine can run on a 64-bit install (as a 32-bit app), Does VST/VSTi work in that case? > Lets look at it anouther way. If I have 5 or 6 pieces of HW that are 32 bit > and 3 that are 64 bit. Then I am forced to find another distro for the 32 > bit machines, what are my reasons for using Ubuntu for the few 64 bit > machines? How many people have been introduced to Ubuntu by people giving > new life to older HW with Ubuntu? Option A. would just stop new users from installing 32-bit. All the old machines would still work for the time being. Specifically for a lot of the items that Ubuntu Studio is used for 64-bit is hands down better (Audio endocding, video editing, even gimp editing can do better). > Ubuntu, a word that roughly means "inclusivness", is now becoming a company > that means exclusiveness... if you are poor and have to rely on handme downs > -> go away. > > BTW, the idea of shutting down 32bit archives has rather an interesting > message for basically any flavour aside from vanilla. It cuts at Lubuntu's > reason for being... who's next? I'm asking to have a discussion about the cost/benefits of continuing to maintain the 32-bit ISO with every flavor. Lubuntu has already decided to keep i386. So let's keep this about Ubuntu Studio. > > I expect in the future maybe we will here nerds say: We can't run linux on > here any more... maybe try open XT. > > As an aside, reading the wiki page > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_(philosophy) Makes me wonder if there > isn't more using words with no meaning to make oneself seem impressive and > mark oneself as a world shaker while actually being nothing of the sort. > > > -- > Len Ovens > www.ovenwerks.net > > > > -- > ubuntu-studio-devel mailing list > ubuntu-studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel -- ubuntu-studio-devel mailing list ubuntu-studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel