SpaceLifeForm
Niklas@SpaceLifeForm @feld Debian is a workaround for 32-bit Windows?
You could be surprised as to what you can get working. May be slow, but you never know until you try.
https://www.debian.org/releases/trixie/release-notes/whats-new.en.html
@SpaceLifeForm @feld It doesn't run Windows applications, does it? I fail to see how this is relevant.
@SpaceLifeForm @feld please read the thread you're replying to: curl is planning on dropping the 32-bit Windows builds. How does Debian help here?
If you have a dependency on curl, and you are also stuck using an old 32 bit windows, then at some point in the future, a situation could arise where your old curl can not fetch.
But, potentially, you could boot #linux and use an updated curl to pull the data.
What may happen down the road is that a lot of kiosks may stop working. There are literally many millions of kiosks running on 32 bit windows XP or CE.
@SpaceLifeForm @feld oh, that's a fair point. If WSL also works on 33-bit installs (I've never tried it), you wouldn't even need to reboot.
BitPirate@SpaceLifeForm @ytvwld @[email protected] So we need these 32-bit builds because there are millions of outdated devices out there that shouldn't be connected to the Internet in the first place?
The kiosks are going to fail at some point anyway, but that is some business' problem. But it is easier for an individual. Just stop using Windows.
A user that wants to get off of Windows should do so now while it is possible before their curl stops working.