Ubuntu Compromises on 32-Bit App Support
Canonical, the developer of Ubuntu, has backtracked on an earlier announcement that Ubuntu 19.10 will no longer update 32-bit packages and applications, announcing today that Ubuntu 19.10 and 20.04 will support select 32-bit apps.
The news follows Valve and the developers of Wine, an open source compatibility layer for running Windows apps on other operating systems, saying they would stop supporting Ubuntu completely.
[...] In response, Canonical said it will work with select developers of 32-bit apps to ensure these apps continue to work on Ubuntu 19.10 and 20.04. However, these apps may only work under more stringent requirements, such as running them in Ubuntu containers, something that may not appease Steam and Wine developers.
Long-term, Canonical still thinks 32-bit apps need to go, since most are not updated and present a security risk.
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(Score: 4, Informative) by stretch611 on Tuesday June 25 2019, @11:57PM
Similar to the earlier comment...
PCLinuxOS dropped 32-bit iso's... this means that it only installs on a 64-bit machine. However, this does not mean that 32-bit libraries were removed. 32 bit libraries still exist and they now primarily act as a compatibility layer to allow 32-bit applications run on a 64-bit operating system.
Now with 5 covid vaccine shots/boosters altering my DNA :P