• theshatterstone54@feddit.uk
    12·
    11 months ago

    TLDR: Debian will stop producing 32-bit iso installer images. You can still use 32-bit applications. This will stop you from installing the newest version of Debian on a 32-bit processor. That’s all.

    • Static_Rocket@lemmy.worldEnglish
      17·
      11 months ago

      Lol, the nomenclature has always been a bit scuffed. Do you refer to desktop 64bit as x86_64 or amd64? (There’s history behind those…)

      • Patch@feddit.uk
        14·
        11 months ago

        Yeah, I mean if you want to get picky, the actual i386 processor family hasn’t been supported by the Linux kernel since 2012, and was dropped by Debian in 2007.

        Most people were generally not particularly affected by that, seeing as the last i386 chip was released in (I think) 1989!

        Debian’s choice to refer to the whole x86-32 line as i386 has always been a weird historical quirk.

  • Catsrules
    5·
    11 months ago

    Can someone explain like I am 5?

    Is just just talking about 32bit processor support? Or are we also talking about 32 bit programs as well?

  • Aggravationstation@lemmy.world
    42·
    11 months ago

    I’ve always kept a 32 bit Debian ISO on my Ventoy drive just in case.

    Would be a shame if they stopped supporting it but I’d put dyne:bolic on my drive which was the first distro I ever used.

  • makingStuffForFun
    11·
    11 months ago

    Will that mean a bunch of my steam games won’t work? Please don’t say that, as I love debian, and I love my games.