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Edit: it looks like it's 64-bit compatible finally!

Hi!

I found a cheap 32-bit notebook with a functioning battery. I'd like to buy it, and install Linux on it, without installing X or Wayland, to use it ~~headless~~ GUI-less. I need something very portable just to take with me to take notes during meetings.

My intention was to use Debian but… they do not support 32-bit architecture anymore. I could install Debian 12, but do you know any interesting alternative that still support and will support it in the future?

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[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

They might mean gui-less. Log into a tty shell, use vim/emacs/editor of choice.

[–] zloubida@sh.itjust.works 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

That's indeed what I meant. Isn't “headless” the correct word?

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I've never seen headless used that way.

Usually it means a computer without a monitor.

So my home server is headless because there's no monitor plugged in. I just connect with ssh to do whatever and if I really wanted, yes I could install a desktop environment and remote desktop stuff. Still headless.

[–] zloubida@sh.itjust.works 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Oh thanks, I stand corrected.

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 hours ago

Meh. We all mess up the terminology sometimes.