Concerned about future 32 bit server support

[David Fletcher]

On Wed, 2017-08-09 at 19:13 +1000, Karl Auer wrote:
> On Wed, 2017-08-09 at 10:55 +0200, Oliver Grawert wrote:
> > 
> > the discussion on the ubuntu-devel list (not sure what spilled over
> > into the kubuntu list from that) was mainly about install media
> > since
> > there you have a high testing workload.
> There was a not-so-recent decision to drop support for non-PAE
> devices,
> which was a blow to people with old systems, too. I have a half-dozen
> old machines that still work fine, but they have no PAE, so later
> Ubntu's won't run on them. Losing 32-bit versions is just more of the
> same.
> 
> I think it's a shame that Ubuntu will not support 32 bit systems, but
> that's the way it goes...
> 
> > 
> > i could imagine if a team steps up to take full responsibility of
> > maintaining a 32bit server install as a community flavour (like
> > {lu,ku,xu}buntu), it wouldnt be refused ...
> They could call it 32buntu :-)

I'm beginning to think that it would not be unwise, to have a good look
through the offerings in the MiniITX shop and try to find something in
64 bit that appears to do what my faithful 32 bit board does, buy one,
hook it up to my laboratory supply and a hard drive to make sure, then
hold it in reserve for the next LTS server release.

Dave

> 
> Regards, K.