On Sat, Jul 22, 2017 at 11:26:56PM +0200, Adam Borowski wrote:

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> > Whatever the statistical significance of those data, it seems that
> > between 15% and 20% of Devuan installations are on i386. So apparently
> > there is no reason at all to drop it, rather the opposite.
>
> Then this looks like a problem that needs to be looked at. There's no way
> that many people use gear from ≤ 2004 (or a brief throwback of early Atoms
> from 2008).
>

Ever thought about the possibility that some people out there might
not have the same opportunity you have to update your hw every couple
of years or less? :)

Strange as it may sound to you, yes, there are still many users who
are using i386 hw, and the only reasonable way for them to continue
use those hw is by having Linux. All those users are being left
without any other choice than throwing their hw away by many
distributions, without a concrete motivation (well, except the usual
"it's old so it must be thrown away", which is as popular as lame
these days...)

Why should Devuan do the same?

HND

KatolaZ

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