Toes♀ to Free and Open Source [email protected] • 1 month agoDebian Trixie raises x86 minimum requirements to i686.www.debian.orgmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down10
arrow-up136arrow-down1external-linkDebian Trixie raises x86 minimum requirements to i686.www.debian.orgToes♀ to Free and Open Source [email protected] • 1 month agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish13•1 month agoi686 is a 32-bit architecture introduced in 1995. 32-bit is still supported.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink10•edit-21 month agoYes, but the architectures they are dropping are older 32-bit ones. That’s why I said support is “dying”, not “dead”. The changelog itself notes that this is about 32-bit support: Debian’s support for 32-bit PC (known as the Debian architecture i386) now no longer covers any i586 processor.
i686 is a 32-bit architecture introduced in 1995. 32-bit is still supported.
Yes, but the architectures they are dropping are older 32-bit ones. That’s why I said support is “dying”, not “dead”.
The changelog itself notes that this is about 32-bit support: