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Arch Linux is moving ahead with preparing to deprecate i686 (x86 32-bit) support in their distribution.
Due to declining usage of Arch Linux i686, they will be phasing out official support for the architecture. Next month's ISO spin will be the last for offering a 32-bit Arch Linux install. Following that will be a nine month deprecation period where i686 packages will still see updates.
Any Soylentils still making major use of 32-bit x86? And any of you using Arch Linux? Distrowatch still lists Arch Linux as a top 10 distribution.
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You are fighting for survival in your own sweet and gentle way.
(Score: 2) by requerdanos on Thursday January 26 2017, @10:21PM
I don't - I have used Debian since 2.2 "Debian Potato" and while I've used other distros for various things (Red Hat before RHEL, Mandrake, Ubuntu before the privacy row, Linux Mint) I always land back on Debian because I know how to operate it. I am taking inventory at the moment of all the computers in my home office, and count six Debian machines and zero machines with anything else, whatever that says about me.
BUT - My son uses Arch everywhere he uses Linux. And this has led to some interesting role reversal.
As a greybeard with some experience, I am used to his asking me for tech help -- but that is changing in the other direction. Because he uses and knows Arch, I find that he works at a lower level in some ways than I do when I use Debian, so when I get stuck he will more and more often now have some insight about what's going on and how to fix it... Strange feeling him giving me tech support instead of the other way around. Makes for a proud father here.
That, and I find that when I google for how to do something in the Linux world, I find the answer on that Arch wiki more often than anywhere else. It's like Arch is documenting all of GNU/Linux, one frustrated user at the time, that we might benefit from their expertise.
If those folks want to take their distro in a particular direction (using a new init system, focusing on 64-bit, whatever), then I know it will be inconvenient for many, but if it keeps the Arch folks doing what they love, then I see it as a net win for the free software community as a whole.
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Friday January 27 2017, @02:48AM
This is why I started using manjaro: I don't really have time to mess with installing arch, but love the arch speed.
I now have i3wm on manjaro, but find xfce is speedy enough for most things.
Yeah, as I get older, I find I've got little time for deep learning, and arch documentation is great!
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. I have always been here. ---Gaaark 2.0 --