Comment 8 for bug 587186

Bear in mind that dropping support for i586 also means that Ubuntu cannot install on the OLPC and that most thin client hardware meant for for LTSP won't be able to run on Ubuntu either, given how the chipsets used in thin client hardware tends to be i586-compatible. As such, I honestly think that if Ubuntu is serious about dropping support for i586, then a MUCH louder and formal announcement should be made NOW, well ahead of time, so that OLPC and LTSP users have enough time to consider other distributions to switch to.