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by vincentkanin
2024-07-18 12:47
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: [Off-Topic] Rant: Most distro system requirements are ridiculous
Replies: 14
Views: 3149

Re: [Off-Topic] Rant: Most distro system requirements are ridiculous

What distro can be run on a system without the CMOV instruction like the one you're using? Slackware, of course :P expecting a modern OS to cater to that niche for a normal use is a little much. Perhaps, but that's not the point here. The arch is called "i386", so one would expect it to r...
by vincentkanin
2024-07-17 16:11
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: [Off-Topic] Rant: Most distro system requirements are ridiculous
Replies: 14
Views: 3149

Re: [Off-Topic] Rant: Most distro system requirements are ridiculous

Why not just call it "i686" if it can't run on an actual 80386 Probably because changing the name of the architecture target is a PITA from an organisational/tooling POV. Personally I find the recent change to -march=i686 rather annoying, as there are still machines around that would be q...
by vincentkanin
2024-07-17 10:35
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: [Off-Topic] Rant: Most distro system requirements are ridiculous
Replies: 14
Views: 3149

Re: [Off-Topic] Rant: Most distro system requirements are ridiculous

Debian supports many architectures, I am not sure if it is the last distro supporting i386, but many distros have already abandoned that. This is also "false adversising", because "i386" WRT Debian actually means i 6 86 with CMOV. Debian hasn't supported actual 386 CPUs for quit...
by vincentkanin
2024-07-16 18:23
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: [Off-Topic] Rant: Most distro system requirements are ridiculous
Replies: 14
Views: 3149

Re: [Off-Topic] Rant: Most distro system requirements are ridiculous

Okay. I'll stick to Debian. I'm already on Debian, that's great because i can stay.
by vincentkanin
2024-07-16 16:53
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: [Off-Topic] Rant: Most distro system requirements are ridiculous
Replies: 14
Views: 3149

[Off-Topic] Rant: Most distro system requirements are ridiculous

Many of you have probably heard about openSUSE and RHEL's switch to the x86-64-v2 requirement, but they still state that an "2,0 GHz Dual-core 64-bit CPU" is the requirement. That's false advertising!, they are all talking about bits but even though the damn laptop have 64 bits AND an Dual...
by vincentkanin
2024-05-19 23:21
Forum: Forum information, requests, and feedback.
Topic: [Forum] Verification emails not received - GMail
Replies: 22
Views: 14861

Re: [Forum] Verification emails not received - GMail

What email provider are you supposed to use then?!
by vincentkanin
2024-05-19 23:17
Forum: General Debian
Topic: Why do you use debian?
Replies: 614
Views: 4070138

Re: Why do you use debian?

Stable. Good for gaming, large library of games and other software. Easy to install, easy to manage, and like the only os that does not force wayland onto you😀