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General Discussion / Any plans to scrap 32 bit support or to make AES-NI mandatory for install?
« on: October 17, 2017, 04:13:16 pm »
I'm thinking about switching from pfsense to opnsense.
There is no emotion involved in this, I just feel I'm going to either be forced to buy new hardware to replace hardware that is working fabulously or get left in a situation where no updates are available.
Before I do that, I just want to check and see if opnsense is on the same path as pfsense or is it going to offer legacy support.
So, are there any plans to scrap 32-bit support for opnsense or to make AES-NI mandatory for install? Or are there any other arbitrary changes planned that would hasten the demise of my hardware unnecessarily?
Are there any other plans in the works that would force me to scrap x86 hardware with more than enough ram and cpu to run opnsense or to attempt to twist my arm to buy hardware from a friendly vendor when my current hardware works just fine?
I don't feel that machines sporting four fast cores, 4gb of ram, intel gigabit nics and ssd drives should be headed for the scrap heap. Thats all.
There is no emotion involved in this, I just feel I'm going to either be forced to buy new hardware to replace hardware that is working fabulously or get left in a situation where no updates are available.
Before I do that, I just want to check and see if opnsense is on the same path as pfsense or is it going to offer legacy support.
So, are there any plans to scrap 32-bit support for opnsense or to make AES-NI mandatory for install? Or are there any other arbitrary changes planned that would hasten the demise of my hardware unnecessarily?
Are there any other plans in the works that would force me to scrap x86 hardware with more than enough ram and cpu to run opnsense or to attempt to twist my arm to buy hardware from a friendly vendor when my current hardware works just fine?
I don't feel that machines sporting four fast cores, 4gb of ram, intel gigabit nics and ssd drives should be headed for the scrap heap. Thats all.