Debian 13 trixie is the final release for the armel architecture
Posted: 11 Oct 2025, 05:40
In the release notes for Debian 13, Trixie, the Debian community has announced that Debian 13 will be the last release to target the armel arcitecture, which includes the Excito B3.
> "Trixie will be the last release for the armel architecture. Debian recommends, where possible, reinstalling armel systems as armhf or arm64, or retiring the hardware."
https://www.debian.org/releases/trixie/ ... -for-armel
The Debian long term support commmunity does not support the armel architecture. However, the regular security team is expected to support Trixie until 9 August 2028.
So, as things stand right now, there is a clear EOL date, 2028-08-31, for B3:s running Debian.
At least B3:s that are exposed to the internet or other uncontrolled network environments, including wifi.
Still, in 2028 the B3 will have had an impressive life span, given that it was announced in 2010. By then it will be old enough to both vote and drive a car here in Sweden.
> "Trixie will be the last release for the armel architecture. Debian recommends, where possible, reinstalling armel systems as armhf or arm64, or retiring the hardware."
https://www.debian.org/releases/trixie/ ... -for-armel
The Debian long term support commmunity does not support the armel architecture. However, the regular security team is expected to support Trixie until 9 August 2028.
So, as things stand right now, there is a clear EOL date, 2028-08-31, for B3:s running Debian.
At least B3:s that are exposed to the internet or other uncontrolled network environments, including wifi.
Still, in 2028 the B3 will have had an impressive life span, given that it was announced in 2010. By then it will be old enough to both vote and drive a car here in Sweden.
