Re: Suggestions about i386 support

[rhys <rhys@neoquasar.org>]

> On Jun 10, 2024, at 01:44, Andrey Rakhmatullin <wrar@debian.org> wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Jun 09, 2024 at 08:39:27PM -0500, rhys@neoquasar.org wrote:
>>>> It's not just a matter of "buy something better." That's easy. 
>> 
>>> Indeed, that is easier and cheaper.
>> 
>> Of course, continuing to use a system I already have is cheaper still.
>> 
>>> What's not easy is that a) that adds another machine to the waste 
>>> stream, instead of continuing to get use from it, and b) someone has 
>>> to take the time to set up the new machine, test things, migrate 
>>> services, etc. to functionally replace the old one. That takes time 
>>> and effort, too, multiplied by the number of such systems out there. 
>> 
>>> (a) is false as newer hardware can already be taken from electronic waste, so it does not add new waste.
>> 
>> That is a gross overstatement. Electronics are NOT 100% recyclable. A fair amount of material still goes to waste, and there are all kinds of costs associated with those processes. 
>> 
>> Reuse is better than recycle for complex things like electronics. 
> You were suggested to resuse an old amd64 machine.

Again, that assumes that I have such a thing.  I don't.  Unless you want to provide one?

Also, that still doesn't explain how that means the existing 32-bit machine stays out of the waste stream.  In your solution, it doesn't.  In my solution, it does.

--J