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   The Natural Philosopher to Theo   
   Re: Pi2 v1.1 support   
   06 Dec 25 12:32:55   
   
   From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 05/12/2025 22:51, Theo wrote:   
   > The production lifetime of the Pi 2B series ends 2026, but the Pi 1 and the   
   > original Zero stay in manufacturing until 2030.  I expect any Rasberry Pi OS   
   > image that works on the 1 and Zero to work on the 2.   
   >   
   > Debian's dropping support in 2028 for the armel architecture (32-bit little   
   > endian, ARMv5T upwards), used on the 1 and Zero, is more of a concern.  Both   
   > versions of the 2 as well as the 3 support the armhf architecture (32-bit   
   > ARMv7 with VFP3D16 hardware floating point) which Debian will continue to   
   > support:   
   > https://hackaday.com/2025/11/06/countdown-to-pi-1-loss-of-support-activated/   
   >   
   > Theo   
      
   Yik. However on reflection all my Zeros are employed running fixed   
   applications that will never change.   
      
   Which rather calls into question why they need 'support' at all.   
      
   Getting hard to buy a non version 2 zero as well, my latest one is   
   Cortex-A53...   
      
   In short they run what they run, and if you want a desktop dont use a   
   zero or a Pi 2B...   
      
      
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   But Marxism is the crack cocaine.   
      
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