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List:       freebsd-questions
Subject:    Re: i386 version in future ?
From:       Eduardo Morras via freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions () freebsd ! org>
Date:       2016-09-29 14:41:03
Message-ID: 20160929164103.e359aecff9cb9e71f6d1e6ed () yahoo ! es
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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
> 


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Eduardo Morras <emorrasg@yahoo.es>
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