On 02.02.2016 20:38, Serge Hallyn wrote: > Quoting Dimitri John Ledkov (x...@ubuntu.com): >> On 2 February 2016 at 07:58, Stefan Bader <stefan.ba...@canonical.com> wrote: >>> On 01.02.2016 23:14, Dimitri John Ledkov wrote: >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> Ubuntu has an i386 port which is fully supported. >>>> >>>> There a bunch of 3rd party applications that rely on the Multi-Arch >>>> technology to support/use i386 binaries on amd64 (e.g. Skype from the >>>> partner archive). BTW, can we ask Microsoft to publish native amd64 >>>> binaries, rather than those that rely on multi-arch i386? Also, does >>>> Valve Steam product rely on i386 multiarch binaries? or is it fully >>>> amd64? (and e.g. downloads/bundles/ships any required i386 binaries >>>> that it needs)? And Netflix - does that run on amd64-only without i386 >>>> multiarch? >>>> >>>> However, it seems to me that this is done specifically on otherwise >>>> full amd64 installations. >>>> >>>> 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)... >>> >> >> My argument here would be that, such a netbook already has Ubuntu on it. >> And that one would not want to /install/ it, but only /upgrade/ it to 16.04 >> LTS. >> And thus archive-only support is sufficient for it. > > Until he needs to replace the hd. > > Stefan, it might be worth checking whether Dimitri is right about unity7 > not woring on that hardware anyway. Can you try a xenial desktop livecd? >
Got the Xenial life system (i386) running here on an Aspire One (Atom N270 / Intel i915 supported graphics). Not super-quick but usable. -Stefan
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