On 20.01.2015 18:51, Ralf Corsepius wrote: > On 01/20/2015 06:19 PM, Rex Dieter wrote: > >> Is it the introduction of requiring sse2? > > Yes, this would definitely be death of Fedora on my PIII and would force > me to escape to a non-redhat distribution. > > > I would also consider this to be an unfriendly act against those users, > who are keeping such old machines around, > > - to drive old-hardware (This is the reason I keep a PIII). > > - to test SW. IMO, using old HW are an efficient means to reveal issues > new SW has, one often would not notice on new HW. > > - because they tried to escape WinXP's EOL. With WinXP having been > discontinued, many of these machines have been migrated to Linux or have > been given away for free and now are being "recycled" for > "testing"/"experimental" purposes. > > - to prevent unnecessary expenses. Many of machines from this generation > are not as sensitive to HW-malfunctions and pre-planned obsolescence as > later generations of HW and still are usable for occasional use. > > > Another other question would be "Why sse2?" and "why now?" > > Fedora never, ever has had sse2, so the gradually remaining community of > ix86-users are not expecting to see it. - I feel requiring sse2 is a > management mistake, because it drives away users for the price of > questionable advantages. > > > To put into a provocative question: Do you want to keep the group of > potential users big as possible or do you want squeeze the last bit out > and destabilize Fedora? > > > Ralf > You know that popular saying, Open source does not necessarily mean the open mind. BTW Ralf, are you prepared for incoming inevitable Fedora debacle, did you choose a decent distribution for relocation of machinery? -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
