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I still have 2 32-bit i386 systems running older *ubuntu - one Pentium 4 
desktop with Kubuntu (used mostly by my children) and one very old laptop 
with Celeron 366MHz with Xubuntu and LXDE. I don't want to loose support 
for them yet. I just miss time for testing all releases.

Additionally, I have newer, but really low-end 64-bit laptop that has power 
management & other drivers problems under any native Linux distros, so I 
keep 32-bit Kubuntu & Mint virtualized with Virtualbox seamless desktop on 
top of Windows 10, that uses less resources than 64-bit versions.

Maybe if you really want to drop 32-bit support, could you at least still 
keep those builds for LTS releases?

Regards,
Tom


Dnia 30 czerwca 2017 12:56:36 Clay Weber <clay@xxxxxxxxxxx> napisał(a):

> The lack of testers, the lack of bug reports, and the lack of response here 
> seem to indicate that i386 users in our community are a rather tiny group. 
> One that is likely shrinking even more.
>
> The short lifespans of non-LTS releases do not help, either. Perhaps 
> dropping support now may  be the best time to pull the plug.On Jun 29, 2017 
> 4:33 PM, Valorie Zimmerman <valorie.zimmerman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hello folks, Art Alpha 1 is released today: release notes:
> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArtfulAardvark/Alpha1/Kubuntu
> >
> > Please report test results here:
> > http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/378/builds
> >
> > If we don't get complete test coverage on the i386 test cases, I think
> > we should drop it now. the KCI doesn't build the images, we get no
> > questions about 32-bit any more, and it is in general a pain to
> > support.
> >
> > Is there any reason to keep it?
> >
> > Valorie
> >
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