> FreeBSD 15.0 is not expected to include support for 32-bit platforms. However, 64-bit systems will still be able to run older 32-bit binaries.
> ...
> With the current support schedule, stable/14 will be reach End of Life (EOL) 5 years after the release of FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE. The EOL of stable/14 would mark the end of support for 32-bit platforms including source releases, pre-built packages, and support for building applications from ports. Given an estimated release date of October 2023 for 14.0-RELEASE, support for 32-bit platforms would end in October 2028.
Still quite a bit of a long tail, but likely time to do it, if not overdue.
I think the last time I had a 32-bit laptop was a Thinkpad r60 which I was able to upgrade to a 64-bit CPU...that laptop was from 2006.
Either atom (early 2010s), or quark (late 2010s) I think. My point is that those were actually sold relativity recently. Not common, not that recent, but plausibly still worth creating about today. (Though IMO possibly fine for 2028)
Huh, I’m not really tracking UNIX releases anymore but I thought that 14.0 has been out for a while. My pfSense router has been claiming to run on 14.0 since may 2023:
Besides current not being release, the release version of 14 was delayed a few months for a refactor of openssl. Originally it was planned for June iirc.
- turning all services (except ssh) off, by default. OpenBSD does this.
- move all non-core things out of the base, like sendmail (now DMA, what a nice import from DFly btw)
- the base should only have one way to do things (don’t have 3 different firewalls in base like today)
- better defaults, https://vez.mrsk.me/freebsd-defaults.html
- something like io-uring, (async-sendfile is similar but that’s only for sendfile)
Note: I really love FreeBSD. So don’t take my comments as hate.