Retire a package from Fedora i686 (not x86_64)

[Reindl Harald]

Am 09.11.2015 um 22:31 schrieb Samuel Sieb:
> On 11/07/2015 10:23 AM, Reindl Harald wrote:
>> these days (and i talk about hardware from 2011) you can virtualize
>> things fast, easy and efficient and consolidate machines on more or less
>> cheap hardware
>>
> For servers, sure, but that doesn't work for desktops.

how many physical desktops does one use?

>> talking about a rapid moving distribution like Fedora and at the same
>> time hestitate to use technology available for a decade is strange - i
>> guess people plan to run their hardware for 10, 12, 15 years are not
>> using typically a distribution like Fedora
>>
> I manage all the IT for a private school.  There is a computer lab for
> the students to use.  They don't have the money to buy new computers,
> the computers they have were donated.  They are P4 desktops from around
> 2005 and they have SSE2.  I install Fedora on all the computers and
> laptops there that I manage. (The older students manage their own
> laptops, but even some of them want Fedora installed as well.)  I
> upgraded all the P4 desktops to 2GB RAM and with F22 using a non-3D WM
> they work perfectly for student use.
>
> So yes, I'm using 10 year old hardware with the latest Fedora and it
> works great.  (I'll update them to F23 next time I'm there.)

SSE3 was introduced in 2004

well, i tell you know the same which was told me all the time before the 
server spin "maybe you are using the wrong operating system" and frankly 
for schools you typically use thin-cients one machine

with the agrumentations of this thread hardware manufactuers could stop 
develop new hardware capabilities if we wait 20 years to consider make 
them default - in the IT 10 years is virtually forever and *yes* capable 
hardware these days is cheap if you don't need that much performance

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