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Re: Does anyone use i686-linux? [was Re: bug#67535: ci.guix.gnu.org 'Can
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Ricardo Wurmus |
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Re: Does anyone use i686-linux? [was Re: bug#67535: ci.guix.gnu.org 'Cannot allocate memory' while building for i686-linux] |
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Thu, 05 Sep 2024 11:42:41 +0200 |
André Batista <nandre@riseup.net> writes:
>> > Keeping this to i686-linux specifically, what generation of hardware
>> > supports i686 but not x86_64? Some (very) quick checking on wikipedia
>> > suggests that the x60 from 2006 was either 32-bit or 64-bit, and I
>> > believe there was an atom chip from 2015 that was 32-bit. Specifically,
>> > that makes the newest hardware (at least from the CPU perspective) 10
>> > years old at least.
>>
>> FWIW, I'm using one of those Atom chips in a netbook for an installation
>> of Sugar Desktop. I upgrade it every few months or so. If I'm the only
>> user of i686-linux I would not want to condemn the project to supporting
>> the architecture for my sake.
>
> For the record, I'm another one still using those atom netbooks.
I just noticed that my Atom-powered netbook should also be able to run
an x86_64 system. I'll try to upgrade today; if this is successful I
won't have any i686 system left at home.
--
Ricardo
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