Ubuntu drops 32 bit support
Most of the people come in the world of Linux only to use the Ubuntu OS. Now the big news is coming from the officials that Ubuntu OS images will not support 32 bit hardware. he main argument for dropping the 32-bit Ubuntu desktop build is that “there is no longer any effective QA or testing of the desktop product on actual i386 hardware”. Shrinking 32-bit userbase is the obvious driving factor here. Wait! This is not the end of 32-Bit Ubuntu. At least not yet! Before you jump to conclusions, let me make a few things clear. This is not the end of 32-bit Ubuntu entirely. At least not just yet. The idea here is to drop the DESKTOP i386 images . The desktop image is what you get by default from Ubuntu’s website. But there are other variants of the same image. There is net install that lets you install Ubuntu over a network. There is also a minimal install alternative with image size around 60 Mb and consists of only the Ubuntu base. This decision of dropping 32-bit s