On Fri, 27 Jan 2017 12:26:56 -0600 Timothy Pearson tpearson@raptorengineering.com wrote:
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Core 2 duo is more than a decade old and I think that it should be good enough for a lot of tasks.
Andrés
Something to think about: have you tried developing modern software on that Core 2 Duo? Are you OK with only having hardware that can consume software (libre or not) that was created (compiled) on more powerful, non-free systems?
I think the need for libre hardware platforms in the range of a Core 2 Duo is as strong as the need for libre platforms capable of compiling big software projects.
The point you raise is very important(!), however just because you cannot compile big software projects on e.g. C2D Penryn doesn't mean that there is no need for them. I have the impression that this is sometimes forgotten when reading discussions about libre hardware for general purpose computing.
Regards,
Merlin