I was sad to learn that there will not be a 32 bit version of SL7 / RHEL7 . I run older T60 laptops with 3x4 aspect ratio screens, and have a stockpile of spares and screens and keyboards that should last a long time. I dislike "runt screen" AKA wide screen displays. However, my venerable laptops use 32 bit processors.
I hope to have enough 3x4 goodness to last as long as I do, and machines that will keep working for my wife (and her business) who will likely outlive me. However, Redhat stops providing security support of the 6 series of distros after 2023. I love the SL community, and would love to keep upgrading SL distros forever, and also keep using the old 32 bit machines, but it appears that I must give up one or the other soon, or deal with some big changes when I no longer have the ability to adapt to them. Are there other distros with even longer LTS policies than SL and RHEL? Is there some way to keep supporting SL6x with security updates long after RH stops providing them? Some in our community may have built measurement systems around 32 bit CPUs that must keep collecting data far into the future - what is the plan? Keith -- Keith Lofstrom [email protected]
