Robin Laing
> BUT. How many of these places are actually running Linux at
> all? This is a question to be asked. If the usage is small, then
> dropping support may be an matter of economy of development
> resources.
Jeff Backus
Yes, this is a very important part of the question. If there
isn't
enough interest within the community to actually support i686, or any
feature for that matter, then it makes sense to move on.
And, is it still feasible to run the OS on old hardware? On my older
32-bit PCs, the notion of running Gnome or KDE is impossible. They're
too slow for being fancy with the graphics card. And, some can't even
run a modern distro, because they can only take 1 gig of RAM. The
minimum specs for running Fedora have crept up and up over the years.
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