Linux kernel will soon drop ~~i386~~ (32-bit) support (web.archive.org)

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The article title is “Debian Likely Moving Away From i386 In The Near Future” but according to the article Debian will drop i386 support because it will be dropped from the kernel. Seems like bad news for permacomputing folks.

(EDIT) modified the title since it seems more accurate to say that 32-bit support is being dropped. (reference)

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[-] GenderNeutralBro 2 points 8 months ago

The Linux kernel dropped i386 support back in 2012: https://www.phoronix.com/news/MTI0OTg

I think any reference to i386 nowadays really refers to i686. Debian, for example, officially dropped support even for i586 with Stretch back in 2017: https://web.archive.org/web/20170701011018/https://www.debian.org/releases/stretch/i386/release-notes/ch-information.en.html

So I think the linked article really does mean that they are dropping all 32-bit x86 support.

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