[TriLUG] Fedora Respin (i386/i686)

[John M. Harris, Jr. via TriLUG]

It’s interesting that 2006 is considered ‘vintage’ now.

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John M. Harris, Jr. <johnmh at openblox.org>
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On Wednesday, May 2, 2018 5:57:09 PM EDT Kenneth Parker via TriLUG wrote:
> Debian has just gotten back on my "Good Side", after their Debian 9.4 XFCE
> CD1 (32 bit) installed, first time, on my Vintage 2006 Eracks Laptop.
> (Back then, Ubuntu 6.06 was, not only current, but their Install CD was
> distributed in San Francisco, almost as widely as the AOL CD.  But, since
> it worked, first time, I was hooked).
> 
> When Ubuntu 6 LTS went out of service, the Upgrades stopped supporting the
> Hardware (especially the Radeon 9000 Video chip, due to Licensing issues).
> So, with the Ubuntu upgrades (beginning with 8), Eracks turned Text Only.
> (And yes, I should have been able to figure it out, but I am, only now,
> learning my way around Microcode, especially when Non-Free).
> 
> Things got even worse, when I tried (in 2011) to install Debian 6 on it,
> and fell into a bug, where attempted Framebuffer Console Support, instead
> gave me a Black Screen, forcing me to connect via ssh to do anything,
> including Clean Shutdown!
> 
> (Apparently, limited manpower, marginalized older, less common Hardware).
> 
> So, after installing the correct Radeon Firmware, I have an awesome
> Laptop!  So add my vote for Debian, which pledges continued 32 bit Support,
> as well as having a community (including me) dedicated to Rehabilitating
> older Hardware.
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> Kenneth Parker
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, May 2, 2018, 2:59 PM Steve Litt via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
> 
> wrote:
> > On Wed, 2 May 2018 12:04:32 -0400
> > 
> > Brian Weaver via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
> > > So I know Fedora Core 27/28 is only built for x86_64 now. Does anyone
> > > have any good idea of the level of difficulty that would be required
> > > to "respin" an i386/i686 version.
> > > 
> > > I know it's probably not worth the effort, if even possible. However
> > > I have some old hardware and acquiring new hardware is, well, not
> > > bloody likely.
> > 
> > Void Linux still has i686 distros. Why not install that. By the time
> > Void drops i686, your old hardware will probably be broken.
> > 
> > SteveT
> > 
> > Steve Litt
> > April 2018 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques
> > 
> >      of the Successful Technologist
> > 
> > http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques
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