XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: none@not.here   
      
   Felix wrote:   
   > Dan Purgert wrote:   
   >> On 2025-10-27, J. P. Gilliver wrote:   
   >>> On 2025/10/27 17:17:7, Paul wrote:   
   >>>> There should be two articles. The "nyah nyah, I have new hardware"   
   >>>> article, and the "boo hiss, I have old hardware and can't afford   
   >>> Or, "I have old hardware which did all I wanted it to do".   
   >> So far, the only hardware I've run into that slams into *that* wall was   
   >> some 32-bit POS from 200x ... it still "runs", but "mainstream distros"   
   >> are out.   
   >>   
   >> Granted, I also have just enough awareness to realize that I can't   
   >> "demand" that someone else keep spending their time on 32bit support   
   >> just because I have an antique that I want to keep running.   
   >>   
   >> All my 64-bit stuff from 2010/2012 onwards seems to not have any   
   >> troubles even with the newer distros, barring a few cases of "dammit   
   >> broadcom" that I fixed with some realtek USB dongle.   
   >>   
   >   
   > I have 10 -15 yo PC's here running LM 21.3 no issues   
   >   
      
   p.s. I leave them at 21.3 because someone said 22+ is for newer machines   
      
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