<div dir="ltr">I really rarely ever need 32bit libs for anything, most notably and weird: Steam.<div><br></div><div>I heard even they are working on a 64bit client, fscking finally, and I really have ideal why this is even a thing in 2019. Installing steam and arch both require you to use the "runtime" version, that runs at 32bit, and for fsck's sake I cannot think of a good reason why this is. Everyone complains about it, and in 2019 it *is* still a thing.</div><div><br></div><div>There are how-to's how to get Steam to run in "native" mode, but I've never gotten it to work. Ever. The 32bit version works fine, but gezus, why still I ask as it pulls in a ton of irrelevant 32bit libs with every install otherwise and Steam, despite their progressive linux support, still does not?!</div><div><br></div><div>-mb</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 9:18 PM Matthew Crews <<a href="mailto:mailinglists@mattcrews.com">mailinglists@mattcrews.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">For those that haven't seen it, Ubuntu 19.10 and derivatives are going<br>
to end official x86 32-bit support. This is not just the end of 32-bit<br>
ISOs though; they are also removing ALL 32-bit packages from their repos.<br>
<br>
<a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2019-June/000245.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2019-June/000245.html</a><br>
<br>
This will have serious ramifications for those that use Ubuntu and want<br>
to use 32-bit software, device drivers, and the like.<br>
<br>
For now the best options appear to be:<br>
<br>
1. Run your software in a VM, chroot, snap, or container<br>
2. Stay on Ubuntu 18.04 or earlier and do not upgrade<br>
3. Use a different OS altogether.<br>
<br>
I'm opting to phase Ubuntu out completely personally.<br>
<br>
-Matt<br>
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