Toes♀@ani.social to Free and Open Source Software@beehaw.org · 5 days agoDebian Trixie raises x86 minimum requirements to i686.www.debian.orgexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down10cross-posted to: linux
arrow-up138arrow-down1external-linkDebian Trixie raises x86 minimum requirements to i686.www.debian.orgToes♀@ani.social to Free and Open Source Software@beehaw.org · 5 days agomessage-square13fedilinkcross-posted to: linux
minus-squaret3rmit3@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-25 days 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.
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: