Post by cjm on Jul 2, 2016 15:39:37 GMT
End of an era: Linux distributions will soon stop supporting 32-bit PCs
“Now’s the time to consider letting it go,” said OpenSUSe's Richard Brown.
Chris Hoffman | @chrisbhoffman
Contributor, PCWorld
Jul 1, 2016 10:00 AM
AMD and Intel released the first 64-bit CPUs for consumers back in 2003 and 2004. Now, more than a decade later, Linux distributions are looking at winding down support for 32-bit hardware.
Google already took this leap back in 2015, dumping 32-bit versions of Chrome for Linux.
Ubuntu is just the latest distro to plan for this
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