On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 11:17 PM, Israel <israeld...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 04/18/2018 08:07 AM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote: > > > Stretch also supports both PAE and non PAE. They dropped support for i586 > so some of the older processor features do not work anymore, but most of > those features are in processors that are extremely old > > > ToriOS is for old machines and I mean very old. Using the most recent and > the latest version of Debian is - IMHO - not good idea at all. > > I see no reason why we should use Debian 9 instead of 8, at least now?! > By now, I mean for ToriOS 2.0! > > > >> Hi Ali, > Hi, > > Debian Jessie is now in support mode only, so it will only get security > updates for the major things, so moving to support Stretch now is a good > idea for us. Most people can use Stretch on their hardware. > > For clarification, 586 Pentium or earlier is not supported. This is fine > for current usage. We can keep supporting Debian Jessie based ToriOS 1.X > branch and the Debian Stretch based ToriOS 2.X branch > > Here are the current details about the supported architecture: > > As per: https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch02s01.html.en > 2.1.2.1. CPU > > Nearly all x86-based (IA-32) processors still in use in personal computers > are supported. This also includes 32-bit AMD and VIA (former Cyrix) > processors, and processors like the Athlon XP and Intel P4 Xeon. > > However, Debian GNU/Linux stretch will *not* run on 586 (Pentium) or > earlier processors. > [image: [Note]] Note > > If your system has a 64-bit processor from the AMD64 or Intel 64 families, > you will probably want to use the installer for the amd64 architecture > instead of the installer for the (32-bit) i386 architecture. > > -- > Regards > > Have we asked our users?! -- Remember: "All of us are smarter than any one of us." Best Regards, Ali/amjjawad <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad>
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