Thank you for keeping 32 bit alive

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Thank you for keeping 32 bit alive

Postby trpted » Jan 3rd, '19, 19:01

One of issues of Distro Watch Weekly has/had some topics including if 32-bit prematurely obsoleted or not.

http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20171009

Since I can not offer any money or time to assist you at this time, thank you for keeping 32 bit alive.
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Re: Thank you for keeping 32 bit alive

Postby morgano » Jan 3rd, '19, 23:38

I am also happy for it (using some Thinkpad T4x laptops) :)
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Re: Thank you for keeping 32 bit alive

Postby katnatek » Jul 2nd, '19, 02:54

Here other user happy that Mageia don't be part of the "kill 32bit" mode ;)

I don't have enough words to thank to all the people that makes mageia possible
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Re: Thank you for keeping 32 bit alive

Postby isadora » Jul 2nd, '19, 07:44

It's enough. ;)
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Re: Thank you for keeping 32 bit alive

Postby vatbier » Aug 17th, '21, 19:01

Thanks again for making also a 32 bit version of Mageia 8.
My old netbook is happy with it.
Only downside so far is that Chromium 89 (32 bit) can not log in into Google. So if I want to check my gmail I use Firefox (32 bit) to log into Google.
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Re: Thank you for keeping 32 bit alive

Postby zxr250cc » Sep 26th, '22, 00:06

Hi all,

I run 32 bit on an old Acer Aspire One NetBook, one of the really small ones with an Atom CPU and 1 1/2 GB of RAM. It is slow but works well otherwise. I am guessing support here will be like other distros and end next April? After that I guess it will make a good book reader with FB Reader.

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Re: Thank you for keeping 32 bit alive

Postby morgano » Sep 27th, '22, 10:50

I dont think 32 bit support end any time soon.

I have an Aspire One D260. A friend dumped it on me, it was unusably slow running MSWin 7. Reinstalled it with Mageia 8 64 bit xfce. Not better.

How can this dual core 64 bit crap perform much *slower* than my elder single core 32 bit Thinkpad T43?!

I am pondering installing it to 32 bit. and/or usee server kernel flavour for lower task switchin load (Hz 100 instead of 1000) But no time to play.
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Re: Thank you for keeping 32 bit alive

Postby zxr250cc » Sep 27th, '22, 16:51

Hi all,

It is my understanding that all development for 32 bit kernels ends in April 2023. After that the software will not have updates. Am I wrong in this thought?

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Re: Thank you for keeping 32 bit alive

Postby zxr250cc » Nov 16th, '22, 17:12

Hi all,

Mageia has a good mention for long term 32 bit support on a popular web site!

https://itsfoss.com/32-bit-linux-distributions/
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Re: Thank you for keeping 32 bit alive

Postby filip » Nov 19th, '22, 12:03

zxr250cc wrote:It is my understanding that all development for 32 bit kernels ends in April 2023. After that the software will not have updates. Am I wrong in this thought?

Can you provide source? Kernel will be developed for 32-bit for very long time. We will continue to provide 32-bit packages and install media for at least (and probably much more) Mageia 9 release.
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Re: Thank you for keeping 32 bit alive

Postby JoesCat » Nov 20th, '22, 03:14

Trying to match April 2023, the best match seems to be Ubuntu 18.04 LTS ends support then. Another distro also appears to say April 2023 due to being based on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. I'm guessing this is where the 2023April endpoint comes from.
Meanwhile, Debian mentions 2026 for 32bit.

Thanks for continuing to maintain 32bit Mageia.
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