On Mon, Nov 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM Jan-Daniel Kaplanski <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Yes, 20 year old hardware is looking ancient and retro. > To specify, I was refering to x86-64-v1 hw when I said "reasonably large > amount of users".
Which works just fine with Rust. It's strictly unhelpful to confound the two issues. > > There is no practical reason to use Linux on any of those [...] > Except for homelabers, in enterprise environments (legacy software!) or > lab environments (specialised hardware peripherals), etc. In what cases would you use Linux on any of the four systems I mentioned for legacy software or specialized hardware peripherals? As for homelabers, yes, it's fun to make an old Mac run Linux/m68k, but that doesn't mean it's practical. > > a Pi 5 soundly beats any of those systems ever made > And a Threadripper PRO 9995WX based system soundly beats any Pi 5. So > going by your logic there isn't a practical reason to run Linux on a Pi > 5, because there is a more capable system out there. That logic isn't > very sound, yk? No, a Threadripper PRO 9995WX is way more expensive than a Pi 5, it draws way more power, it's way louder and takes way more space. You will save the cost of the Raspberry Pi in a year on electrical costs alone. There is no practical reason to run Linux on HPPA or Alpha or SH4 or m68k. > That only means that in the future you'd have to have a highly > specialised Rust-dev team in any major OS-related project. And for what > purpose? Just because everyone does it. Is this just a grousing session? -- The standard is written in English . If you have trouble understanding a particular section, read it again and again and again . . . Sit up straight. Eat your vegetables. Do not mumble. -- _Pascal_, ISO 7185 (1991)
