Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2016 10:53:58 +0000 From: "Thomas Mueller" <mueller6724@bellsouth.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i386 version in future ? Message-ID: <35.AF.06698.BEF4AE75@dnvrco-oedge03> References: <CANrxokEkYLY7uTv%2BnWy4K_iBeeaaCMraJmrNOD7cU2GXCWkNCA@mail.gmail.com> <0D6BF663-5C95-4625-B412-00E14EF97986@FreeBSD.org>
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> On 27 Sep 2016, at 10:22, Michał . 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. Tom
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