XPost: linux.debian.devel.release   
   From: prosfilaes@gmail.com   
      
   On Mon, Nov 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM Jan-Daniel Kaplanski    
   wrote:   
   >   
   > > Yes, 20 year old hardware is looking ancient and retro.   
   > To specify, I was refering to x86-64-v1 hw when I said "reasonably large   
   > amount of users".   
      
   Which works just fine with Rust. It's strictly unhelpful to confound   
   the two issues.   
      
   > > There is no practical reason to use Linux on any of those [...]   
   > Except for homelabers, in enterprise environments (legacy software!) or   
   > lab environments (specialised hardware peripherals), etc.   
      
   In what cases would you use Linux on any of the four systems I   
   mentioned for legacy software or specialized hardware peripherals? As   
   for homelabers, yes, it's fun to make an old Mac run Linux/m68k, but   
   that doesn't mean it's practical.   
      
   > > a Pi 5 soundly beats any of those systems ever made   
   > And a Threadripper PRO 9995WX based system soundly beats any Pi 5. So   
   > going by your logic there isn't a practical reason to run Linux on a Pi   
   > 5, because there is a more capable system out there. That logic isn't   
   > very sound, yk?   
      
   No, a Threadripper PRO 9995WX is way more expensive than a Pi 5, it   
   draws way more power, it's way louder and takes way more space. You   
   will save the cost of the Raspberry Pi in a year on electrical costs   
   alone. There is no practical reason to run Linux on HPPA or Alpha or   
   SH4 or m68k.   
      
   > That only means that in the future you'd have to have a highly   
   > specialised Rust-dev team in any major OS-related project. And for what   
   > purpose? Just because everyone does it.   
      
   Is this just a grousing session?   
      
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