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RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours ago

Fedora proposal to drop 32-bit support has been withdrawn

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Fedora proposal to drop 32-bit support has been withdrawn

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RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours ago
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There was a whole lot of discussion recently for the Fedora Linux proposal to drop 32-bit support, with the current plan being dropped.
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    Is dropping support for 32bit hardware more important than being able to run on everything?

    Yes evidently, because they dropped that hardware support in 2019. Specifically they dropped 32-bit x86 kernels in Fedora 31

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      To be a little more precise, Linux is still available for 32-bit x86, just not from the Fedora distro. The Linux project is just now dropping support for 486 CPUs, because the maintenance burden for a virtually unused system type is too high for the mainline. That still leaves 32-bit Pentiums and newer though.

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