Who still uses 32-bit regularly?

I havent ran a 32-bit anything since Windows Vista came out with 64-bit. To me there just isnt any reason to run 32 bit, especially since both my desktop (self-built with Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2) and laptop (Dell Precision M4800, Core i7-4810MQ) have more than 4GB of RAM (both have 16GB.)

All my 32-bit machines got passed handed down to my kids when they were temporarily out of computers.

I use 32-bit 'cause that was all there was when I started ('97) and I'm lazy. How hard is switching?

Originally Posted by RandomTroll I use 32-bit 'cause that was all there was when I started ('97) and I'm lazy. How hard is switching?

Now, it's as simple as reinstalling using the 64-bit installer. No way to convert without reinstall.

I'm using Dell Inspiron 3467 Core i3 6th Gen - (4 GB/1 TB HDD/Linux)

I use Commodore OS 32 Bit ,well I made it.. in 2012 CUSA made a 64 bit version and I wanted it on my old IBM PC that was 32 bit so I made it myself and been updating it every scene that was in 2012. I will change it to 64 bit maybe in the next version but I like how you can use on older PCs too.

Originally Posted by braydencook I'm using Dell Inspiron 3467 Core i3 6th Gen - (4 GB/1 TB HDD/Linux)

That's a 64-bit processor, not a 32-bit one.

http://dolphin.com.bd/Dell-Inspiron-14-3467-i3

https://ark.intel.com/products/91157...Cache-2_00-GHz

Which Linux distro are you running on it (and is the distro 32-bit or 64-bit, because you should be able to run a 64-bit distro with no problems)?

I think 32 bits is still necessary for older machines (1 core or even some stupidly castrated by Intel 2 core machines!). GNU/Linux is their only salvation!

Whilst I personally am now all 64bit, I've just recently persuaded my sister (71) to convert her old Windows XP desktop over to Linux, so there is still definately a need for 32bit distros - luckily my own favourite has a 32bit version & that is what she is now using, which will make it easy for me to keep up to date.

A bump just to say that Lubuntu will no longer support 32bit from the next version. A surprising move since the distro is aimed at lower-powered machines. At the easier end, Mint 19.1 has just been released and still supports it.

Originally Posted by Lysander666 A bump just to say that Lubuntu will no longer support 32bit from the next version. A surprising move since the distro is aimed at lower-powered machines.

I_think_ but cannot confirm this, that they only will stop releasing 32-bit IMAGEs (ISO files, just like ubuntu and kubuntu already have done), but UPgrading from a previous 32-bit install is still supported by both of these (and thus most likely by all ubuntu deratives). It _may_ be that that will change for the 20.04 LTS release, because by then it will become difficult to still support 32-bit for the next 5 years or so.

Originally Posted by Lysander666 I'd be interested to see how many people still use 32-bit Linux distros on a regular basis. If you do so, please vote and also say which 32bit distro[s] you are using.

My machine (almost 10 years old HP Core 2 Duo with "only" 4 GB) never ran anything else and for the foreseeable future I don't think that's gone change.
BTW: Slackware 14.x, of course, although this PC first was installed with 13.1 (which was new at the time).
I was using an AMD Athlon (no-brand) with SW 12.2 at that time, that machine has since given up its services).

I use CentOS 7.6 64 bit on my main workstation, a couple or 3 other desktops, 3 servers and several virtual machines.

I use Ubuntu Mate 18.04 32 bit on an old Dell Latitude 2100 laptop which has been re-purposed as a music jukebox in my workshop. I also use that distro on 3 raspberry Pi computers which, although the processor is 64 bit, the available version of the OS is 32 bit. And with only 1 GB of RAM...

Ken

Hi,


Strictly speaking I only work on 64 bits machines.


Even if I still use Fedora 26 i686 on HP thin clients, as they just allow access to Fedora 28 64 bits virtual machines, I hardly consider it a real use.

esp8266 counts?
RPi (raspbian)?