André Batista <nan...@riseup.net> writes: >> > Keeping this to i686-linux specifically, what generation of hardware >> > supports i686 but not x86_64? Some (very) quick checking on wikipedia >> > suggests that the x60 from 2006 was either 32-bit or 64-bit, and I >> > believe there was an atom chip from 2015 that was 32-bit. Specifically, >> > that makes the newest hardware (at least from the CPU perspective) 10 >> > years old at least. >> >> FWIW, I'm using one of those Atom chips in a netbook for an installation >> of Sugar Desktop. I upgrade it every few months or so. If I'm the only >> user of i686-linux I would not want to condemn the project to supporting >> the architecture for my sake. > > For the record, I'm another one still using those atom netbooks.
I just noticed that my Atom-powered netbook should also be able to run an x86_64 system. I'll try to upgrade today; if this is successful I won't have any i686 system left at home. -- Ricardo
