Hi Harsha, Quoting Harsha Godavari (2016-07-15 00:55:04) > My needs are well served by something like Luit Linux ( abandoned long > ago) running on a genuine i486 or an early pentium with a non-PAE CPU. As I pointed out in my first reply, then Debian is not the right fit for you. > Out of the world's nearly 7 billion people , how many are living > outside the "developed countries" and can afford the shiny new 64-bit > processors? As a matter of fact what type of a computer are the vast > majority of these people use? The vast majority of people in developing countries use cellphones, which are at best 32bit ARM-based computers (yes, a few are 64-bit nowadays but unlikely at a sizable amount in developing countries). > I was shocked to learn that Debian dropped 32-bit support starting in > the near future. Huh? Where did you hear that? It is not true. > How many of the computer users need or use the power of a 64-bit CPUs > and multi -gigabytes of RAM/ HD space. I don't know. What I do know that personally I am currently migrating from 64-bit (Intel Atom-based servers and AMD Kabini laptops) towards 32-bit (ARM-based servers and laptops). > Pardon my non-PC language but all these new Linux distros filling more > than one DVD, requiring enormous 'horse power' are being written to be > used by whom? ..Joe sixpack or to impress other geeks? Debian is huge, so as to hopefully be flexible enough to cover the needs of anyone - including minimalists like myself. What are your own needs? > Jonas please understand my frustration at this wholesale abandonment > of the common user. Sorry, no: I do not understand your frustration - I suspect it is rooted in some kind of misunderstanding. If Debian is part of some kind of conspiracy aimed at "the common user" (which is you?) then it is so deeply rooted that I am unable to see it. > Try downloading the first DVD of Debian on an uncertain land line > where the Telco charges by the minute Please do not install Debian from DVD - that is a waste of bandwidth which is why we strongly discourage that on our download page. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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