Ubuntu 17.10 will not have a 32-bit version, nor will future stable versions of Ubuntu

There are many distributions that are abandoning the 32-bit version. A list that is growing month by month and increasingly famous distributions are joining this abandonment. Ubuntu will be the next distribution to abandon this platform.

Canonical developer Dimitri John Ledkov has indicated that the team at Ubuntu will abandon development for the 32-bit platform, also known as i686. However this change will not affect everyone in Ubuntu.

32-bit images will no longer be in both the daily Live ISOs and also in the final version of Ubuntu 17.10. This change will also affect future versions of Ubuntu, both development installation ISO images and stable versions.

The decision of this change is due to the fact that practically all teams (portable and desktop) are compatible with 64-bit platform and it does not make much sense to develop a different version that in the end many do not use. I must also say that Ubuntu's requirements have grown so much that practically the few 32-bit computers that exist are not capable of supporting Ubuntu, so it is also normal that the development of this platform is abandoned.

And if you are a user of 32-bit ISO images, don't worry, all is not lost. The official Ubuntu image abandons the 32 bits but not the official flavors. The decision to abandon the 32 bits will be in the official flavor itself and there may be a 32-bit version although the official version of Ubuntu does not have this version. Something logical because 32-bit computers do use Xubuntu, Ubuntu MATE or Lubuntu, rather than Ubuntu with Unity or Gnome or Plasma.

Personally, it seems like a good decision, although it is a decision that will bring controversy, at least among users of distributions that are based on Ubuntu and that they will be forced to abandon the 32 bits or maybe not? What do you think?


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  1.   Hugo Nino said

    What will happen??? It will no longer fit a comp of 32 ??

    1.    Allam Antonio Contreras said

      No, not anymore, people who have a 32-bit Ubuntu other than LTS will have to install another 32-bit compatible distribution

    2.    Hugo Nino said

      Either way…

  2.   Gonzalo Vazquez said

    Now I have a 17-04 in 32bit version. The move can be done normally at 17.10?

    1.    Allam Antonio Contreras said

      You can't since the system architecture is different, you will have to look for another 32-bit distribution like Linux Mint

    2.    zequi girdor said

      or format the computer and reinstall……… ..

    3.    Gonzalo Vazquez said

      Thanks to both. It seems to me that I mute everything to 64bits

    4.    Omar espinoza said

      It is better to move to 64 bits, so you make better use of the resources of your machine

    5.    Renzo javier said

      We are in 2017 please!

  3.   Dario Norberto Ruiz said

    I still think that Microsoft already got its own Trojan Horse which is the CEO of Ubuntu to destroy free software. It's time to think about asking the CEO to resign before he exterminates Ubuntu.

    1.    Seba Montes said

      Ubuntu stopped being that dynamic distribution since 2011. The way is Linux Mint.

  4.   Joe garcia said

    Too bad and I was thinking of using the new versions next year.

  5.   Jimenez Hugo said

    That blowjob does not grab the wifi neither 32 nor 64 bits, what Fedora?

  6.   Jose Le Es said

    Is that good or bad?

  7.   Jesus Jvr Medina Ch said

    Are you watching Mario? nothing is by chance that you have installed 64 bits

  8.   Daffodil Fountains said

    I can not update to 17 I have 16.04

  9.   Alexander Senpai said

    Don't do it compa: 'v

  10.   Adam Juarez said

    Jaz Hernandez

  11.   Julio Android said

    Oops, we're getting posh!

  12.   Renzo javier said

    An off topic question, why does my gpu throttle to the max when I start any Linux distro?

  13.   JA Sanchez said

    It would be fine if it did not give problems with broadcom

  14.   Sergio Rubio Chavarria said

    HA! The «kings of optimization»