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RHEL/SL is abandoning 32 bits, but many other distros continue to support
them, and probably will for while. Debian is one example; they even still
support PowerPC.
Steve Gaarder
System Administrator, Dept of Mathematics
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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On Mon, 15 Dec 2014, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
> I was sad to learn that there will not be a 32 bit version of
> SL7 / RHEL7 . I run older T60 laptops with 3x4 aspect ratio
> screens, and have a stockpile of spares and screens and keyboards
> that should last a long time. I dislike "runt screen" AKA wide
> screen displays. However, my venerable laptops use 32 bit
> processors.
>
> I hope to have enough 3x4 goodness to last as long as I do, and
> machines that will keep working for my wife (and her business) who
> will likely outlive me. However, Redhat stops providing security
> support of the 6 series of distros after 2023. I love the SL
> community, and would love to keep upgrading SL distros forever,
> and also keep using the old 32 bit machines, but it appears that
> I must give up one or the other soon, or deal with some big
> changes when I no longer have the ability to adapt to them.
>
> Are there other distros with even longer LTS policies than SL and
> RHEL? Is there some way to keep supporting SL6x with security
> updates long after RH stops providing them? Some in our community
> may have built measurement systems around 32 bit CPUs that must
> keep collecting data far into the future - what is the plan?
>
> Keith
>
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> Keith Lofstrom [log in to unmask]
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