Message-ID: <68c5f4c4@news.ausics.net> From: not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) Subject: Re: Linux 32 bit support days are numbered Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc References: <1099357$11hv4$12@dont-email.me> <109979b$1389k$9@dont-email.me> <10999a5$1g1jr$1@news1.tnib.de> <109gmm0$35m5k$1@news1.tnib.de> <109h7b7$3qtb4$1@news1.tnib.de> <10a2uq5$5k64$1@dont-email.me> <10a3jlj$cdmb$2@dont-email.me> User-Agent: tin/2.6.5-20250707 ("Helmsdale") (Linux/2.4.31 (i586)) NNTP-Posting-Host: news.ausics.net Date: 14 Sep 2025 08:48:36 +1000 Organization: Ausics - https://newsgroups.ausics.net Lines: 18 X-Complaints: abuse@ausics.net Path: csiph.com!news.bbs.nz!news.ausics.net!not-for-mail Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:74073 Nuno Silva wrote: > On 2025-09-13, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >> On Sat, 13 Sep 2025 06:32:12 +0200, Steve Hayes wrote: >>> But this is getting a bit too far off Linux. >> >> Linux is the platform of choice for keeping retrocomputing platforms >> alive. ;) > > That's a bit ironic, given the subject and initial topic of this thread > :-P Indeed, and really NetBSD has been more dedicated to it already anyway. But Linux dropping 32bit, if that's serious, would be a major turn further away from old hardware support. -- __ __ #_ < |\| |< _#