[arch-general] [Fwd: [arch-announce] Dropping i686 support]

[Thomas Bohn]

On 2009-03-31 21:08 -0400, David Rosenstrauch wrote:

> My only concern about this is that it's often difficult or impossible to  
> run an x86_64 distro inside a VM.

Not only VM are dificult also the entire netbook market is still 32 
bits. Neither the Atom N270 nor the upcoming N280 understand Intel 64 
commands.

And I can't think of an alternative to Arch Linux for my eeePC.

So, which distro should I use in the future when Arch is no longer 
available?

Thomas