From: spaciouscoder78@disroot.org 
  
 On 13-08-2025 15:36, Programowanie i Granie wrote: 
 > Hey Debian Devs, 
 > 
 > Look, I€€€ve been hanging around the Debian scene for ages, so first 
 > off, big shoutout for keeping this wild machine running all these 
 > years. Seriously, you€€€re legends. 
 > 
 > But I gotta be honest, the news about scrapping i386 support in 
 > Trixie? Kinda hit like a brick. Yeah, I get it, there€€€s probably a 
 > mountain of technical headaches and, sure, 32-bit machines aren€€€t 
 > exactly the hot new thing. Still, there€€€s a bunch of us out here (and 
 > a lot of folks in schools, or just scraping by) who keep these old 
 > boxes alive. Sometimes that€€€s all you€€€ve got, you know? 
 > 
 > Keeping i386 around isn€€€t just about nostalgia. We€€€re talking less 
 > e-waste (Mother Earth will thank you), plus giving people with tight 
 > budgets a shot at decent, up-to-date software. Feels pretty important 
 > to me. 
 > 
 > Anyway, appreciate all you do, Debian€€€s still one of the best things 
 > out there. Maybe there€€€s a way to keep the old hardware crowd in the 
 > loop a little longer? Just tossing it out there. 
 > 
 > Thanks for reading my ramble, 
 > Piotr 
  
 i386 has been phased out a long time ago by many software projects as 
 well as operating systems. Even in Debian, it was still on life support 
 and now that life support is gone. 
  
 I don't think it's sustainable to continue such an outdated architecture 
 where almost every software project has abandoned the work for it as 
 maintenance needs time and people, both of which aren't worth it for 
 such an outdated architecture. 
  
 Bookworm is still supported and will move into LTS soon so you still 
 have time to consider moving to amd64 or other architecture. 
  
 Older Thinkpads with amd64 chips go for a pretty affordable price. 
 Perhaps you could consider those. 
  
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