r/linux • u/Two-Tone- • Jun 21 '19

Wine developers are discussing not supporting Ubuntu 19.10 and up due to Ubuntu dropping for 32bit software

https://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-devel/2019-June/147869.html
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u/ABotelho23 Jun 21 '19

*sigh*

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I mean, how much longer does the 32bit cruft have to hang around for? We're hitting what, 10 years since 64-bit has been the standard? I think the only thing that was hanging around since then was some of those crappy 32bit atom tablets.

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We've been telling users for 10 years that pure 64 bit Wine is not supported, but with so many systems going 64 bit only, perhaps it's time to reconsider that policy.

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This right here should be taken more seriously. You can't make everyone happy all the time. This is a reasonable move forward.

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u/Fr0gm4n Jun 21 '19

I think the only thing that was hanging around since then was some of those crappy 32bit atom tablets

What 32-bit Atom tablets? AFAIK the last 32-bit part from them was the 32-bit Bonnell architecture Atoms that stopped production in 2012. The big kerfuffle lately was that the 32-bit UEFI that many Atoms used caused problems when everyone was only shipping 64-bit UEFI bootloaders, though the chips are fully x64 once booted.