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Re:Richard Stallman – The state of the Free Software movement by blueflow on Monday April 18, 2022 @05:52AM (#31068924)
I have a ton of devices that are 32 bit x86. I'd love if i was able to continue to use them... i can't stand having to throw away all tech every $x years. I only need like, 1 GB of RAM to work productively! I unironically work on machines that i found in the garbage.

Remove 32-bit x86 support, and it will pin me down to the few 64-bit machines that i have.

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Re:Richard Stallman – The state of the Free Software movement by neilalexander on Monday April 18, 2022 @06:47AM (#31069182)
Every line of code has a maintenance overhead and it is quite likely you are in a minority at this point. Eventually, as with all things legacy, the effort outweighs the gain.
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