Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Ames Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Linux 32 bit support days are numbered Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2025 09:57:51 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 21 Message-ID: <20250903095751.00005420@gmail.com> References: <10973al$j7f5$1@dont-email.me> <1097epa$msm2$1@dont-email.me> <1098pdv$2o09q$3@paganini.bofh.team> <0Yudna13zPeqcSr1nZ2dnZfqn_qdnZ2d@giganews.com> <1098vhv$2o09q$5@paganini.bofh.team> <1099357$11hv4$12@dont-email.me> <109964l$2o09q$9@paganini.bofh.team> <10997mq$1389k$10@dont-email.me> <1099b48$2o09q$13@paganini.bofh.team> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2025 16:57:56 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="07a86f509a5d058b1115af744a712bb9"; logging-data="1250836"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19Z5hN8yxejztVq7sgYrM0Islh+fgSfr7o=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:g6JwRWZwF5O0fEJ7ITm/nWmwO34= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.3.0 (GTK 3.24.42; x86_64-w64-mingw32) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:73290 On Wed, 3 Sep 2025 14:08:40 +0200 Marco Moock wrote: > Because other systems around it are being changed. I've had enough > with 10 y+ old Linux machines. No support for current cryptography, > no support for current SSH and such issues. It's funny how many people here say "there is no use for X" when what they really mean is "*I* don't have a use for X." > > For many people, Wordstar running on CP/M was *all they ever needed* > > to write fantastic books on. > > Back in the days. Nowadays, it is common to distribute the written > files to other machines and there is already the first issue. How > many people can read those files and how can they get them? I do my writing on a 16-year-old Asus Eee, which was underpowered when it was new. Runs mEdit and Claws Mail like a champ, and handles major webnovel sites well enough for me to post from.