On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 6:27 AM, Jean-Baptiste Lallement <jean-baptiste.lallem...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > Hi, > > On 02/02/2016 08:58, Stefan Bader wrote: >>> >>> >My guess is that: all currently shipped hardware, with enough support >>> >to run full Unity (7) Desktop, is amd64. Tested with amd64 kernel, and >>> >amd64 graphics drivers. And hardware validation is done on amd64 too. >>> > >>> >In 2016, people with i386-only hardware are unlikely to be capable to >>> >run Unity 7 Desktop, and probably run other Ubuntu variants. I guess >>> >there are some accidental i386 users, e.g. those that have installed >>> >i386 variant on amd64 hardware. >> >> Just wondering whether you considered netbooks here. Not that old (maybe >> 6y?) >> and at least the two specimens I would have around are early Atoms (i386 >> only) >> but with (also early) i915 Intel graphics. They used to be reasonably >> accelerated to cope. Not sure about unity 7. But maybe some reason to >> allow at >> least for 16.04 some i386 iso (by 18.04 the problem might be resolved >> through >> the crappy life-span recent hw seems to have)... > > For such hardware, 16.04 LTS is supported until Apr. 2019 (the notebook will > be 9y old) or if you want to use a more recent release probably a > lightweight flavour of Ubuntu would be a good alternative.
Unless I missed something the Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Desktop release will be supported until Apr. 2021. (so the notebook would be 11y old). > > From a QA point of view, supporting a Desktop i386 LTS for 5 years means > testing 1 release and 4 or 5 point releases. Testing a release involves > maintaining automated tests of the installer (read manual review of the > failures), and manual testing of the images. I don't think it is worth the > cost if the target is the hardware you mention. > I'd rather beef up the test suite to cover common multiarch i386 scenarios. > > JB. > > -- > Jean-Baptiste Lallement > irc: jibel -- ubuntu-devel mailing list ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel