On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 2:43 PM, x3 dre <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > I'm looking around to find out information why, tails is going to dropping 32 > bit cpu's ? > > As I know many people around the world that rely on older 32 cpu chipset and > other distributions like tails and others. > > It just seems those poorer people, will be locked out because of cost, and > their pockets not to be able to purchase secondhand 64 bit machines, which > could be a few months salary in some cases, especially in countries that are > dictatorial and where corrupt govs operate. > > Can you tell me the rationale behind this move? > > tia > > x3dre > _______________________________________________ > Tails-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.boum.org/listinfo/tails-dev > To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty email to > [email protected].
See https://tails.boum.org/news/Tails_3.0_will_require_a_64-bit_processor/index.en.html#index3h1 In short: it provides significant security benefits to a large number of users at the expense of dropping support for a marginal (and declining) number of users. -- -Austin GPG: 14FB D7EA A041 937B _______________________________________________ Tails-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.boum.org/listinfo/tails-dev To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty email to [email protected].
