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

Canonical is considering dropping support for 32 bit pcs after ubuntu 18 10

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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