Canonical engineer Dimitri John Ledkov announced on Wednesday that Ubuntu does not plan to offer 32-bit ISO installation images for its new OS version starting with the next release — Ubuntu 17. ...

The move, however, will not prevent users from installing Ubuntu Linux on their older 32-bit hardware: While the live ISO, which allows users to boot from a DVD or USB storage and experiment with ...

In a nutshell, you won’t be able to download an official 32-bit disk image of Ubuntu 17.10 or later. That doesn’t mean you won’t be able to run new versions of Ubuntu on machines with older ...

Ubuntu users were understandably concerned, and their very vocal displeasure at this potential scenario created a flurry of articles from all corners of the tech-focused media. 32-Bit Lives On ...

Steam is ending support for the Linux distribution Ubuntu, according to Engadget. This is due in part to Ubuntu developer Canonical’s decision to end support for 32-bit libraries.

32-bit software should be functionally obsolete, but it turns out to live on in a 64-bit computing world. So, Canonical is putting 32-bit libraries back in to its next Ubuntu Linux releases.

Google announced that it will be ending support for Chrome on 32-bit Linux, Debian 7 and Ubuntu 12.04. Security fixes and updates for the said operating systems will cease in March 2016.

“To provide the best experience for the most-used Linux versions, we will end support for Google Chrome on 32-bit Linux, Ubuntu Precise (12.04), and Debian 7 (wheezy) in early March, 2016.

Arch Linux is just the first to stop offering a 32-bit (or i686) version; expect other mainstream Linux desktop distributions to follow suit.

The move, however, will not prevent users from installing Ubuntu Linux on their older 32-bit hardware: While the live ISO, which allows users to boot from a DVD or USB storage and experiment with ...