Message-ID: <68bcb7f7@news.ausics.net> From: not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) Subject: Re: ARM 32-bit Linux... Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc References: <109hc35$31ut6$1@dont-email.me> <20250906165353.1c4c5725@ryz.dorfdsl.de> User-Agent: tin/2.6.5-20250707 ("Helmsdale") (Linux/2.4.31 (i586)) NNTP-Posting-Host: news.ausics.net Date: 7 Sep 2025 08:38:47 +1000 Organization: Ausics - https://newsgroups.ausics.net Lines: 31 X-Complaints: abuse@ausics.net Path: csiph.com!news.bbs.nz!news.ausics.net!not-for-mail Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:73587 Marco Moock wrote: > On 06.09.2025 13:14 Uhr Robert Heller wrote: >> From https://www.raspberrypi.com: >> >> Raspberry Pi 1 Model B+ will remain in production until at least >> January 2030 >> >> So at least ARM 32-bit Linux will remain alive and well until then. > > As long as enough kernel and toolchain (gcc and other compilers) > contributers exist that want to maintain. > > Although, I ask myself why someone would like to buy a new Pi 1 B+ - > when newer models are available and not that expensive. They have the same production life promise for the RPi Zero which uses the same SoC and is significantly cheaper than the RPi Zero 2, so there's a better argument for people buying those in my opinion. But RPi might not have much sway with the Linux kernel devs since they've always pushed their own fork of it anyway. Maybe a distro based on the last CIP SLTS kernel with 32bit support would buy the 32bit Pis some more years of security updates after upstream Linux abandons them? They already plan to support kernel v6.12 until 2035: https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/civilinfrastructureplatform/start#kernel_maintainership -- __ __ #_ < |\| |< _#