links. No more i386?

[Paul W. Frields]

On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 08:21 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> russel.lopez at insightbb.com wrote:
> > http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora
> > i386 links refer to files that are actually i686 instead.  Is that an 
> > error or is Fedora gone from 386 platforms?
> 
> We haven't supported 386 by itself in a long time. The minimum you need 
> is a 586 and the Live images don't have a 586 kernel so the minimum 
> there is i686. Either we need to mark the Live images as i686 and 
> regular images as i586 (which is kind of incorrect because it would 
> support) or better mark them both as x86 and leave it at that.
> 
> It would also be useful if had a small note on what x86 or x86_64 means 
> like it was in one of the earlier proposals. Can someone fix these?

What would be optimal is not to use jargon at all, and instead use plain
language to guide the user to the download he needs.  With the various
JavaScript niceties available, this is possible without overfilling the
page, by hiding and unhiding the various options without making the user
load additional pages.

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