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Re: Linux 32 bit support days are numbered

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On 2025-09-04 17:44, John McCue wrote:
> Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> wrote:
> <snip>
>> Indeed, but 10 year old computers are now retired because of W10 EOL,
>> so they can use them and install current Linux/BSD and don't mess with
>> the 25 year old stuff. Much cheaper, as time is money in that case.
> 
> I forgot about this, plus IIRC October 2025 is the drop dead
> month for older hardware and Windows.  I will have to make a
> note to watch used sites for good deals :)
> 

June 2026, graphic cards die.

Spanish link - I don't have an English one:

<https://elchapuzasinformatico.com/2025/09/tarjetas-graficas-no-arrancaran-pc-junio-2026-secure-boot-microsoft-uefi-gop/>

DeepL translation:

In June 2026, your PC may not start up because of your graphics card's 
UEFI GOP

By Protector Indefinido  01/09/2025


In a few months, the world of PC hardware could face a silent but 
serious, very serious problem. The reason is not a physical failure or 
planned obsolescence, but something much more bureaucratic: the expiry 
of a certificate that until now signed the UEFI firmware of many GPUs, 
specifically the Microsoft UEFI CA 2011. If there is no timely response, 
those affected, millions of users, could find themselves with black 
screens from the moment they turn on their PCs, without getting past 
POST, and in some cases, with computers rendered virtually unusable due 
to graphics cards with an unsigned UEFI GOP by 2026.

Virtually no one had realised the significance of what we are about to 
see, but after collating the information and based on what Microsoft has 
revealed, it does appear to be true, as it all stems from an analysis on 
Reddit by user Gaseousgalaxy. This raises the key and most pertinent 
question: why is this issue so important and what does the so-called 
UEFI GOP have to do with all this?

(... continues on the link)

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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  Re: Linux 32 bit support days are numbered Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> - 2025-09-04 06:56 +0200
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