On 04/18/2018 08:19 AM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote: > > > On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 11:17 PM, Israel <israeld...@gmail.com > <mailto:israeld...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > On 04/18/2018 08:07 AM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote: >> >> Stretch also supports both PAE and non PAE. They dropped support >> for i586 so some of the older processor features do not work >> anymore, but most of those features are in processors that are >> extremely old >> >> >> ToriOS is for old machines and I mean very old. Using the most >> recent and the latest version of Debian is - IMHO - not good idea >> at all. >> >> I see no reason why we should use Debian 9 instead of 8, at least >> now?! >> By now, I mean for ToriOS 2.0! >> >> >> > Hi Ali, > > > Hi, > > > > > Debian Jessie is now in support mode only, so it will only get > security updates for the major things, so moving to support > Stretch now is a good idea for us. Most people can use Stretch on > their hardware. > > For clarification, 586 Pentium or earlier is not supported. This > is fine for current usage. We can keep supporting Debian Jessie > based ToriOS 1.X branch and the Debian Stretch based ToriOS 2.X branch > > Here are the current details about the supported architecture: > > As per: > https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch02s01.html.en > <https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch02s01.html.en> > > > 2.1.2.1. CPU > > Nearly all x86-based (IA-32) processors still in use in personal > computers are supported. This also includes 32-bit AMD and VIA > (former Cyrix) processors, and processors like the Athlon XP and > Intel P4 Xeon. > > However, Debian GNU/Linux stretch will /not/ run on 586 (Pentium) > or earlier processors. > > [Note] Note > > If your system has a 64-bit processor from the AMD64 or Intel 64 > families, you will probably want to use the installer for the > amd64 architecture instead of the installer for the (32-bit) i386 > architecture. > > -- > Regards > > > Have we asked our users?! > Either way, Debian Jessie is supported until 2020, so we will continue supporting it. I think it is wise to offer a version of ToriOS with more up to date software packages as well.
Mostly I get requests for Ubuntu versions (xenial, bionic), so I do plan to make some of those as well, once I am finished with Stretch. > > -- > Remember: "All of us are smarter than any one of us." > > Best Regards, > Ali/amjjawad <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad> -- Regards
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