09-22-2016, 02:41 PM
I'm one of those people who just can't seem to throw away computers that still work no matter how old they are. (Honestly, it's ridiculous how many computers I've got in my house -- like a friggin' warehouse -- most of which are older models people got rid of when they upgraded.) Have revived plenty of early to mid 2000's computers with various Linux distros and they are still good for most basic computing needs. However, as the nature of the web changes over time with content provided requiring more processing and graphics power to display properly, the older machines struggle more and more.
In a nutshell, I agree with torreydale that in another 4 years or so the minuscule number of users left on 32-bit systems may not justify developers diverting their limited time and attention to. Realistically, in another 4 years most of the old 32-bit machines will have either died or will be so excruciatingly slow that nobody will want to use them anyway. For the few die-hards that are still holding on to them (and I'll probably be one of them), there will surely be some distro's around that aim to satisfy them (AntiX, Puppy, etc.), so I'm not really worried about it myself.
In a nutshell, I agree with torreydale that in another 4 years or so the minuscule number of users left on 32-bit systems may not justify developers diverting their limited time and attention to. Realistically, in another 4 years most of the old 32-bit machines will have either died or will be so excruciatingly slow that nobody will want to use them anyway. For the few die-hards that are still holding on to them (and I'll probably be one of them), there will surely be some distro's around that aim to satisfy them (AntiX, Puppy, etc.), so I'm not really worried about it myself.
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