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Title    Arch Linux Preparing To Deprecate i686 Support
Date    Thursday January 26 2017, @11:46AM
Author    FatPhil
Topic   
from the all-the-world's-a-Cray dept.
https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=17/01/25/179226

"exec" writes in with this story from Phoronix

Arch Linux is moving ahead with preparing to deprecate i686 (x86 32-bit) support in their distribution.

Due to declining usage of Arch Linux i686, they will be phasing out official support for the architecture. Next month's ISO spin will be the last for offering a 32-bit Arch Linux install. Following that will be a nine month deprecation period where i686 packages will still see updates.

Any Soylentils still making major use of 32-bit x86? And any of you using Arch Linux? Distrowatch still lists Arch Linux as a top 10 distribution.

Original Submission

Links
  1. "this story" - http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Arch-Linux-Deprecating-i686
  2. "Phoronix" - http://www.phoronix.com/
  3. "Arch Linux" - https://www.archlinux.org/
  4. "top 10 distribution" - http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=major
  5. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=18211
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