Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 16:41:03 +0200 From: Eduardo Morras <emorrasg@yahoo.es> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i386 version in future ? Message-ID: <20160929164103.e359aecff9cb9e71f6d1e6ed@yahoo.es> In-Reply-To: <35.AF.06698.BEF4AE75@dnvrco-oedge03> References: <CANrxokEkYLY7uTv%2BnWy4K_iBeeaaCMraJmrNOD7cU2GXCWkNCA@mail.gmail.com> <0D6BF663-5C95-4625-B412-00E14EF97986@FreeBSD.org> <35.AF.06698.BEF4AE75@dnvrco-oedge03>
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On Tue, 27 Sep 2016 10:53:58 +0000 "Thomas Mueller" <mueller6724@bellsouth.net> wrote: > > On 27 Sep 2016, at 10:22, Micha__ . wrote: > > > I've stupid/not stupid question to FreeBSD Foundation. > > That___s not a foundation decision. The foundation supports the > > project financially and legally. It does not make any technical > > decisions regarding the > > direction of the project. > > > > You have plans to stop release the i386 (32bit) version of > > > FreeBSD system in next releases ? > > > I___m not aware of (and would be very surprised by) any plans to > > drop support for > > i386. There are many applications for embedded x86 boards, so it > > will remain a useful architecture for the foreseeable future. > > > Regards, > > Kristof > > Some applications run only on 32-bit, or the 32-bit version is better > developed: wine, for instance. > > Bitrig, forked from OpenBSD (bitrig.org), supports amd64 but not i386. > > DragonFlyBSD quit 32-bit i386. Some Linux distributions have also > quit i386. > > But for older computers, as well as applications that require or do > better on i386, I would vote to retain i386, and I believe this is > the consensus among FreeBSD developers. I use it for VMs that requiere low resources, upto 2 GB RAM, 10GB disk, etc... I think it won't happen any time soon > Tom > --- --- Eduardo Morras <emorrasg@yahoo.es>
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