Debian 11 “bullseye” freeze started

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Post by psxuaw » Fri, Jan 15, 2021, 1:52 AM UTC

Debian 11 “bullseye” freeze started
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Post by Mathnerd314 » Fri, Jan 15, 2021, 2:32 AM UTC

They're considering dropping i386, which is interesting. Does anyone know more about that?

Re: Debian 11 “bullseye” freeze started

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Post by HDMI_Cable » Fri, Jan 15, 2021, 2:36 AM UTC

Mathnerd314 wrote: post #2

They're considering dropping i386, which is interesting. Does anyone know more about that?

I think it may be because the software packages for i386 are closed-source, but don't quote me on that.

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Post by gautamcgoel » Fri, Jan 15, 2021, 2:38 AM UTC

Debian is an amazing project. I love how it's so fundamental but doesn't call attention or hype to itself. It's used by millions but doesn't try to be sexy or glamorous. Even the website is minimal.

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Post by gtirloni » Fri, Jan 15, 2021, 2:40 AM UTC

Following the recent CentOS fiasco, I'm advising friends to go with Debian. It's rock solid and can be depended upon.

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Post by cipherboy » Fri, Jan 15, 2021, 2:41 AM UTC

Mathnerd314 wrote: post #2

They're considering dropping i386, which is interesting. Does anyone know more about that?

Fedora has considered and largely executed on the same:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Stop_Building_i686_Ke...

We still build packages for it, e.g., https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=166966...

Some other related discussion: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fe...

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Post by alexdumitru » Fri, Jan 15, 2021, 2:48 AM UTC

gtirloni wrote: post #5

Following the recent CentOS fiasco, I'm advising friends to go with Debian. It's rock solid and can be depended upon.

I've switched from CentOS to Debian 7-8 years ago (Debian 7) and I just love it.

I was trying a lot of distros, but I always came back to Debian and I stopped doing that for the past few years because Debian just works.

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Post by jeppesen-io » Fri, Jan 15, 2021, 2:52 AM UTC

Not my distro of choice, but I very much respect their work and product

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Post by edoceo » Fri, Jan 15, 2021, 2:53 AM UTC

gautamcgoel wrote: post #4

Debian is an amazing project. I love how it's so fundamental but doesn't call attention or hype to itself. It's used by millions but doesn't try to be sexy or glamorous. Even the website is minimal.

Also, it "just works". It's so reliable that I almost forget it's there. 10+ years in production and not once an OS/distro bang-up.

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Post by shmerl » Fri, Jan 15, 2021, 2:53 AM UTC

Mathnerd314 wrote: post #2

They're considering dropping i386, which is interesting. Does anyone know more about that?

I hope it means dropping the i386 distro, not dropping i386 multiarch which is still needed like for older 32-bit games and such.

I don't see much value in i386 distro these days.