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we need laws that require companies to unlock boot loaders when they drop support, or at least provide the means to do so.
Or just always? I buy a device, I want full control over it.
That is not too much to ask.
Unless you used Ubuntu 32 bit, then they'll just drop you like a sack of potatoes, in that regard Canonical is no better than Google
Not really true. Plenty of Linux distributions dropped 32bit support years ago and 32bit systems are a lot younger than 20 years (last ones were some Intel Atoms released around 2010).
When talking about Linux desktops it includes distros like Debian, who will support i386 until, at least 2028. Even some fast moving distros like OpenSuse Tumbleweed still support i386.
I have Linux running strongly on two laptops from 2007. If I still had my old Dell from 2003, I'd bet I could get the latest Puppy Linux running on it. Maybe even something like Debian or Arch32, if I maxed out the RAM.
"32bit systems are a lot younger than 20 years"
I don't follow. The i386 is almost 40 years old now. Can you elaborate?
it may have began 4 decades ago, but what matters is that only one decade ago new hardware was still being released.
And new processors stopped supporting x86-32 a decade ago?
I have a pc so old that updates can't be done anymore as the CPU is almost 30 now and the architecture isn't supported anymore...
(its basically my personal Museum)
Damn! What architecture is it?
Its a iAPX 286, 16 Bit Microprocessor from 1982
Wow, that's an old one. I guess your best bet is FreeDOS, then.
Nah i don't use it for business, its just a "look i have a super old pc and it still runs Linux, get Linux" kind of thing