Canonical Is Considering Dropping Support for 32-Bit PCs After Ubuntu 18.10 – Updated

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  • Post Updated: April 3, 2024

Today, June 28, 2016, Canonical’s Dimitri John Ledkov has laid down an example draft plan on how Canonical will deal with 32-bit (i386) support for upcoming Ubuntu Linux releases.

This is not the first time Ubuntu developers are discussing the matter of Canonical dropping support for 32-bit PCs. Still, every time a developer re-opens the topic, things are getting much serious, and it now looks like Dimitri John Ledkov has a pretty decent plan on limiting the 32-bit Ubuntu installation, starting with the upcoming Ubuntu 16.10. Debian is also considering dropping support for older 32-bit hardware architectures in Debian GNU/Linux 9 “Stretch.”

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