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.
32bit*
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…)
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Debian’s choice to refer to the whole x86-32 line as i386 has always been a weird historical quirk.
Indeed; there’s also this announcement from 2016.
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None of the above. 64-bit, 64 bit, x86-64, 1000000 bit, amd or i772.
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?
The first
Thanks
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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.
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.
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Games aren’t being affected with this change
No
