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: Thu, 4 Sep 2025 08:59:15 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 19 Message-ID: <20250904085915.00003c84@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$13@paganini.bofh.team> <20250903095751.00005420@gmail.com> <109bg30$cbij$1@news1.tnib.de> <109cbt4$1rhl9$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2025 15:59:19 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="4acc66d9085846fd9b124a451c221d5f"; logging-data="1969030"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+gmEsSbazDIR/s8YPhkntCZ2TTzvNnaRk=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:XaLIune2KIi6cXIskMRmGenjghA= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.3.0 (GTK 3.24.42; x86_64-w64-mingw32) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:73382 On Thu, 4 Sep 2025 15:40:20 -0000 (UTC) John McCue wrote: > Anyway as to the Asus Eee, looks like NetBSD works fine on > those. Since it seems eventually NetBSD may end up as the > only game in town for 32 bit, John could always migrate once > Linux drops 32 bit. > > https://wiki.netbsd.org/laptops/#index3h1 > > I have NetBSD on an older Laptop and it works great, installing > it can be a bit confusing and setting up encryption a bit more > confusing, just review the Guide many times and then take a > run at it. If you know Linux, NetBSD is not too different > and the learning curve is small. Been on my to-do list; just haven't gotten around to it as the current install is still working fine for my purposes.