[mythtv-users] Distro for x86-64-v1 CPUs

[Mike Perkins]

On 29/02/2024 14:06, Dan Wilga wrote:
> I have several Intel Atom (1) boxes, which are classified as x86-64-v1 devices. I had been using
> CentOS 7 on them but compiling Myth 0.34 for it is difficult due to the lack of a pre-compiled,
> modern version of Qt.
>
> So I figured I would upgrade to CentOS 9. This isn't possible, however, because they are requiring a
> "v2" CPU and the kernel no longer loads. Apparently, all of the RedHat derivatives (Alma, Rocky) are
> now in this boat.
>
> I tried searching for confirmation that modern Ubuntu will run on this CPU, but couldn't find any.
> It sounds like Debian should work. OpenSUSE and Gentoo are confirmed to work with it. Any other
> distros I'm forgetting?
>
I have a number of these and I can confirm Debian, up to at least Bookworm, does run on these
without issue. (Of course, YMMV, etc.) I must admit being surprised when I originally tried to put
x86-64 on one years ago and it worked!

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Mike Perkins