Subj : Re: Pi2 v1.1 support
To   : All
From : The Natural Philosopher
Date : Sat Dec 06 2025 12:32:55

On 05/12/2025 22:51, Theo wrote:
> The production lifetime of the Pi 2B series ends 2026, but the Pi 1 and the
> original Zero stay in manufacturing until 2030.  I expect any Rasberry Pi OS
> image that works on the 1 and Zero to work on the 2.
> 
> Debian's dropping support in 2028 for the armel architecture (32-bit little
> endian, ARMv5T upwards), used on the 1 and Zero, is more of a concern.  Both
> versions of the 2 as well as the 3 support the armhf architecture (32-bit
> ARMv7 with VFP3D16 hardware floating point) which Debian will continue to
> support:
> https://hackaday.com/2025/11/06/countdown-to-pi-1-loss-of-support-activated/
> 
> Theo

Yik. However on reflection all my Zeros are employed running fixed 
applications that will never change.

Which rather calls into question why they need 'support' at all.

Getting hard to buy a non version 2 zero as well, my latest one is 
Cortex-A53...

In short they run what they run, and if you want a desktop dont use a 
zero or a Pi 2B...


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But Marxism is the crack cocaine.


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