I suspect it is lazy development teams using legacy/32 bit code to save time/money. IE ain't broke, dont need to change, Leave it. When I was doing system integration in 2006/2008 there were still people using TSX32 and looking for compatible hardware because they didn't want to recode for another OS. On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 11:37 AM Steve Litt wrote: > On Wed, 19 Jun 2019 21:48:08 -0700 > Stephen Partington wrote: > > > specifically. from the cited threads in the list. > > > > - Users who need support for i386 integrated natively into their OS > > can use Ubuntu 18.04 with security support until April 2023. > > - 18.04 can be run in a chroot or container on top of later Ubuntu > > releases until 2023 with security support from Canonical, or beyond > > that without. > > - 32-bit software distributed as snaps built with an 18.04-derived > > library runtime can reasonably[1] be expected to work on later > > releases of Ubuntu for the foreseeable future > > - Once we're past the point where security support is available for > > the libraries anyway, maybe there's no advantage anymore to having > > your 32-bit compat libraries managed via the packaging system either; > > so maybe you just make /lib/i386-linux-gnu a straight unpacked > > tarball of the libs you need, and no longer have to worry about the > > version-lockstep constraints of multiarch. > > Does anybody know what percentage of computers still being used > worldwide have 32 bit hardware? My research tells me the last 32 bit > desktops were made around 2003, and 32 bit laptops around 2009. I know > all my 32 bit hardware broke long ago: I have several circa 2008 > computers still running, but they're 64 bit. My two 2006 laptops and > one 2008 laptop are all 64bit. > > Are a lot of people in poorer areas of the world still using 32 bit > equipment? Or is a 32 bit computer more like an antique thing now? > > SteveT > > Steve Litt > June 2019 featured book: Thriving in Tough Times > http://www.troubleshooters.com/thrive > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen